U.S. Senator Wonders if 9/11 Was an Inside Job, Calls for Congressional Hearings

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said this week that he wants to hold congressional hearings on a debunked conspiracy theory about the Sept. 11 attacks, saying that there are “an awful lot of questions” about the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history.

“There’s an awful lot of questions,” Johnson, the chair of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said Monday in an interview on the conservative activist Benny Johnson’s podcast.

“What actually happened on 9/11? What do we know? What is being covered up?” Johnson said of the 2001 attacks. “My guess is there’s an awful lot being covered up in terms of what the American government knows about 9/11.”

Asked if he planned on holding hearings, Johnson said, “I think so.”

“There are a host of questions I will be asking,” the senator said. (Read more from “U.S. Senator Wonders if 9/11 Was an Inside Job, Calls for Congressional Hearings” HERE)

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