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Ron Johnson: “We were trying to extract all kinds of information out of…”

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

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

Published | Video Starts at 07:34

Now, I think our best chance, our best hope will be for President Trump to win, take over the State Department and then those records might, might be made available to us. Remember, We were trying to extract all kinds of information out of Mike Pompeo's State Department. 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. (07:34–07:41)

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Asserts that Mike Pompeo's State Department did not provide requested information.

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