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On the recordMay 20, 2014
Four days after Attorney General Holder sat in that seat and told this Committee it was a vigorous investigation, the President of the United States went on national television and told the American people, categorically, there was 'not a smidgeon of corruption in the IRS.'
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz highlights a contradiction between the President's statement and the Attorney General's claims.

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