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Sen. Ron Johnson on the Obama State Dept Blocking FBI During Iran Deal Negotiations | O'Connor &...

Published May 23, 2024 | Video Starts at 07:47

We never got it. Okay. We were trying to get information out of the CIA with Gina Haskell. We never got it. So it's, it's again, The deep state does not feel they're even accountable to a president. But it was, it wasn't. Trump is the roadblock here. You know, he wanted to get this information out as well. Right. (07:47–07:52)

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