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Ted Cruz: “I expect, if Schumer has the option of conducting a trial, I would anticipate that he would conduct an extended trial…”

On the recordNovember 12, 2026
I expect, if Schumer has the option of conducting a trial, I would anticipate that he would conduct an extended trial, that he would spend real time — weeks, if not months — using the trial to prosecute, number one, their opposition to the Iran war.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas
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Comments on potential Senate trial regarding Hegseth.

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