Sean Hannity defends Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley: “They wanted to ensure the integrity of our elections” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 01/12/21 9:27 PM EST Video file Citation From the January 12, 2021, edition of Fox News' Hannity SEAN HANNITY (HOST): Ted Cruz, Senator Ted Cruz is a principled, conservative Harvard-educated lawyer. Alan Dershowitz has said probably the best student he ever had. Or Josh Hawley and the fact that they said they wanted an audit. They're now saying they can be classified as domestic terrorists and put on to a no-fly list because they supported a ten day audit? Huh? Keep in mind, Senator Cruz, Senator Hawley, they wanted to ensure the integrity of our elections.