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Texas Scorecard 8/4/2020

https://texasscorecard.com/federal/cruz-to-hold-hearing-on-riots/

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on The Constitution, will later today chair a hearing to discuss how Antifa and what his office described as “other anti-American anarchists” engage in riots and violence.

According to a press release, the hearing participants will include:

•   Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli

•   U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas and co-head of the Department of Justice Task Force on Violent Anti-Government Extremists Erin Nealy Cox

•   Journalist Andy Ngo

•   Director and Senior Analyst for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism at the Center for Security Policy Kyle Shideler

•   George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley

•   Brennan Center Fellow Michael German

•   President and CEO of the Urban League of Portland Nkenge Harmon Johnson

The hearing is scheduled to begin at 1:30pm Central from the Dirksen Senate Building in Washington, DC. The hearing will be livestreamed at www.judiciary.senate.gov and on Sen. Cruz’s Facebook page.