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Ron Johnson: “Secretary Clinton was trying to evade any kind of…”

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

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Sen. Johnson on CNBC's Squawk Box

Published | Video Starts at 04:48

You saw the video yesterday that Fox News was running from someone that absolutely knew that blackberries were not the way to do this. Yeah, I read about it. I didn't see the video. But no, this is obvious what Secretary Clinton was trying to evade any kind of disclosure. The FOIA request, we've seen that elsewhere in the administration as well. Just really trying to circumvent the Federal Records act and FOIA requests. And that's what she was doing. And she put America's national security and potentially lives at risk because these classified. (04:48–04:55)

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Asserts that Secretary Clinton tried to evade disclosure and FOIA requests.

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