Rand Paul: No Trump Offered Me Nothing in Return for Pompeo Support

‘It is not like the president say hey I’ll build a bridge for you’

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BLITZER: "Did the president offer you anything in return for your support?
PAUL: "No. And I think that is very important for people to know. It is not like the president say hey I’ll build a bridge for you. He did promise to consider the civil liberties of individuals and consider that the war has — has run its course to many minds and even candidate Pompeo said there is no military collusion in Afghanistan which I think the follow-up question is if there is no military solution, why are we sending one more soldier. That is where I am. I’m not ready to send one soldier, I’m ready to declare victory and come home and I don’t think the president is there or nor is Pompeo but there wasn’t anything specifically offered other than the foreign policy vision will prevail and it is similar to my position. That did help me along the way. The other thing we discussed was I’ve been very concerned that members of the FBI can search American’s records without a search warrant and I think that goes against the spirit and the rule of law of the fourth amendment and I did discuss with the president whether or not he might intervene executively to change the rules to say all FBI agents would have to get a warrant to search these foreign intelligence data bases and I think that is good policy and I’m hopeful there is no promise made — I’m hopeful those discussions will be ongoing."

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