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Ron Johnson: “I'm chairman of Homeland Security Government affairs and as…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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The Star interview: Ron Johnson 10-17-2016 (1 of 2)

Published | Video Starts at 02:39

And what she's done with the email scandal CIRCUMVENTING Federal Records act, circumventing FOIA laws, putting at risk some of America's most sensitive top secrets. It's probably not widely known, but I'm chairman of Homeland Security Government affairs and as chairman of that committee, I don't have access to seven of those top secret emails. That's the classification level, that's how sensitive they are. So that as Director Comey understated the case, extremely careless. I would say grossly negligent. (02:39–02:45)

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Asserts that as chairman of the committee, he lacks access to certain classified emails.

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