Rep. McCaul: Bombing Suspect Wife Radicalized With Him
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) says he believes Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's wife was also radicalized.
JAKE TAPPER: Do you still have questions about Tamerlan Tsarnaev's family and what they knew, especially the wife?
REP. MICHAEL MCCAUL: Especially the wife. I mean, they're living in a small apartment. The pressure cookers are inside the apartment. We know they had at the time executed the search warrant up to ten explosive devices. The idea she knew nothing about that is very difficult for me to believe. She's radicalizing along with him.
I think every step of the way and is right in the middle of this. I think she does have information. I think she is in the sites of the FBI right now. They are looking at her very closely. With respect to the mother I think she radicalized him and the father I think there is a reason why he has declined his trip to come back to the United States.
TAPPER: Why? What is the reason?
MCCAUL: I think, you know, we don't know for certain, but I think he had some influence over him. Remember, he is going over to Russia to visit his father. His father lives in the Chechen region and again, one of the most dangerous parts of the world. So he met some very interesting individuals over there and I think the family influenced him a great play in this.
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