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Ron Johnson: “The FBI was ready to close the file on General Flynn on…”

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Sen. Johnson Discusses Unmasking on CNN's 'State of the Union'

Published May 17, 2020 | Video Starts at 08:13

Are you going to ask for that to be released as well? The justifications? Yes, I want all this information to come out. One thing we have found out is that The FBI was ready to close the file on General Flynn on January 5th, 4th, because they had found nothing. You mentioned all those other possibilities, but they didn't find anything wrong. So they're going to close the file until the seventh floor. (08:13–08:19)

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Asserts that the FBI found nothing on General Flynn and was ready to close his file on January 4th or 5th.

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