(Update) Cornyn and Cruz: It’s too early to condemn Holder on AP phone record seizures

Houston Chronicle ^ | 5-15-2013

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“I don’t want to jump to judgment here because many of us did call on the administration to investigate leaks; I am struck by what appears to be a very broad net and not a very targeted look,” said Sen. Cornyn, Buzzfeed reports.

He said the best approach would to bring Attorney General Eric Holder before the Senate Judiciary committee. Holder is coming before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday afternoon.

“The problem is, we have so many things happening now that cause people to question the motivation and the actions of the executive branch that it’s easy to sort of jump to conclusions that this was wrong. I’m not yet convinced about that,” Cornyn said.

Cruz told Buzzfeed that though he’s skeptical of the DOJ’s motives, senators “should await the facts of the specific predicate for that investigation.”

“Given the apparent breadth of the taps into communications with some 20 reporters, it raises real questions as to whether this was a targeted investigation or something broader that was not respecting the important First Amendment role of the media,” Cruz said.

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Soon we’ll have a TP rep & corney will be gone.

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Who do you think that person will be? Do you think there will be a larger or smaller primary field than when Cruz won?