Ted Cruz smacked down by ex-FBI agent for suggesting Trump's Ukraine scheme was about anti-corruption

Despite the fact that it is now clear that President Donald Trump did not care if Ukraine investigated former Vice President Joe Biden's family, but just wanted them to announce that they were heading into election season, some Republicans are still attempting to claim that his scheme to illegally withhold military funds until they did so served a legitimate purpose in stamping out global corruption.

One such Republican is Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who took to Twitter to argue this point:

Former FBI Special Agent Asha Rangappa summarily swatted aside this defense: