Welcome. It is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz. Ben Ferguson with you on what we'll refer to as an emergency pod.

Senator, it's 1 o'clock in the morning, Central, 2 Eastern a.m. You've just landed and the world is still talking at this hour.

People are waking up around the world, realizing that the United States of America

has made history by indicting Donald J. Trump.

This is, I think, a sad day, a dark day for our country.

I want to get your thoughts on this for everybody that I know is listening.

Well, Ben, I have conflicting emotions.

Part of me is angry.

It is outrageous what happened earlier today.

Part of me is sad because it is tragic for the rule of law.

This indictment is utter and complete garbage.

This is not law.

This is not a prosecution based on the facts.

This is a political vendetta brought by a left-wing partisan Democrat who was elected by George Soros, a billionaire who spent over a million

dollars to elect Alvin Bragg as district attorney.

And Bragg is motivated by one thing, and that is partisan hatred.

On the merits, this case is utterly baseless.

It is frivolous.

It is a case that will most assuredly fail in court.

But Bragg doesn't care.

The Democrats, the media partisans who are exultant right now, they don't care.

They love the fact that Donald Trump is being indicted.

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