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Cavalier Johnson: “The FBI has been reaching out to city employees, possibly…”

Featuring: Cavalier Johnson, Democratic | Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Milwaukee mayor: FBI reaching out to elections officials on 2020 election

Published | Video Starts at 00:29

A source telling 12News Tonight the FBI is interested in asking about Milwaukee's nearly 180,000 absentee ballots from the 2020 presidential election that have not yet been destroyed. I understand that The FBI has been reaching out to city employees, possibly current, perhaps some former as well. And I mean, I said what I said yesterday, right? I mean, the president, for whatever reason, cannot seem to let it go that he lost an election. (00:29–00:38)

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