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Mike Johnson: “The indictment, remember, was by a grand jury, not a…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Joins Squawk Box on CNBC

Published | Video Starts at 16:43

That's a serious problem. He's a former FBI director, and you have to have. You have to have. Sure. There's accountability to this. And so The indictment, remember, was by a grand jury, not a Republican, you know, partisan group. A grand jury was seated, they reviewed the evidence, as prosecutors do in our system, and they determined that there was reason to bring those charges. So we'll see. (16:43–16:49)

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Asserts that the indictment of James Comey was by a grand jury, not a partisan group.

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