It looks like the Cruzinator isn’t taking the false exoneration of Hillary Clinton today by the FBI, and he’s demanding that the information gathered on the case be handed over to Congress!!
From the Hill:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is demanding access to information tied the FBI’s probe of Hillary Clinton, saying the decision to recommend no charges “threatens the rule of law.”
“Under President Obama, we have seen the most politicized Department of Justice in history; I very much hope that politicization has not similarly corrupted the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” Cruz said in a statement Tuesday. “I join my Senate Judiciary colleagues… in calling for public transparency of, and full access to, all the information that the FBI used to come to today’s dubious decision.”
BOOM!!! This is even tougher than what Reince Priebus demanded earlier.
Cruz added Tuesday that he has “serious concerns about the integrity of Director Comey’s decision.”
“Director Comey has rewritten a clearly worded federal criminal statute. In so doing, he has come dangerously close to saying that grossly negligent handling of classified information should not result in serious consequences for high-level officials,” he said.
That means this isn’t over by a longshot – IF Republicans can unite enough to go after Hillary on this. Given their track record, I’m not terribly hopeful, but Cruz DOES have some renewed political capital after lasting so long in the Presidential primary – let’s see what he can do with it.