Congress should hold additional hearings on the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson asserted Monday while venturing into long-debunked conspiracy theories alleging the government鈥檚 involvement in the tragedy.
Speaking with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson, Wisconsin鈥檚 senior senator said there are 鈥渁n awful lot of questions鈥 surrounding one of the deadliest attacks on the United States. Johnson, R-Oshkosh, cited the 2020 film which questions the official story behind the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 in New York.
鈥淭here are a host of questions that I want and I will be asking quite honestly, now that my eyes have been opened up,鈥 Johnson said.
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鈥 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson)
Tells us that 9/11 Hearings are being planned, Building 7 was potentially a "Controlled Demolition"
鈥淪tructural Engineers say that thing didn't come down in any other way than controlled demolition. Molten steel. Destruction of evidence. We鈥
Johnson, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, also criticized the 鈥渃orrupt investigation鈥 carried out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. found that Building 7, a 47-story office building that fell several hours after planes were flown into the nearby Twin Towers, collapsed due to prolonged fire because of extensive damage and inadequate water pressure.
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鈥淚 don鈥檛 know that you can find structural engineers other than the ones that have the corrupt investigation inside NIST, that would say that that thing didn鈥檛 come down in any other way than a controlled demolition,鈥 Johnson asserted.
鈥淗ad a water supply for the automatic sprinkler system been available and had the sprinkler system operated as designed, it is likely that fires in (Building 7) would have been controlled and the collapse prevented,鈥 the report states.
Asked if there will be additional hearings on the buildings鈥 collapse, Johnson said 鈥淚 think so,鈥 adding that he has spoken with former U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon, who has urged President Donald Trump to open a new investigation into the World Trade Center attack.
鈥淗opefully now, with this administration, I think President Trump should have some interest, being a New Yorker himself,鈥 Johnson said. 鈥淲hat actually happened on 9/11? What do we know? What is being covered up? My guess is there鈥檚 an awful lot being covered up in terms of what the American government knows about 9/11.鈥
Johnson鈥檚 spokesperson Kiersten Pels said a potential hearing will depend on what information the senator鈥檚 office receives on the matter.
