US senator suggests possibility of new 9/11 investigation
<b>Ron Johnson suspects “an awful lot” is being covered up about the attacks</b> Republican Senator Ron Johnson has indicated that new congressional hearings regarding the September 11 attacks could be on the horizon, driven by lingering questions...
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Ron Johnson suspects “an awful lot” is being covered up about the attacks
Republican Senator Ron Johnson has indicated that new congressional hearings regarding the September 11 attacks could be on the horizon, driven by lingering questions about the official narrative and the evidence that was handled.
On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four passenger planes, crashing two into the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan. A third plane hit the Pentagon, while the fourth went down in a field in Pennsylvania. The National Institute of Standards and Technology states that World Trade Center Building 7 collapsed due to fires caused by debris from one of the nearby towers.
In a recent interview with conservative commentator Benny Johnson, Senator Johnson raised concerns about several aspects of the 9/11 investigation, particularly regarding the collapse of Building 7. “I don’t 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’t come down in any other way than a controlled demolition,” he stated.
Johnson, who is the chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, also lamented the removal and destruction of physical evidence from Ground Zero, describing it as “totally contrary to any other firefighting investigation procedures.”
“Where’s all the documentation from the NIST investigation? There are a host of questions that I want and I will be asking, quite honestly, now that my eyes have been opened,” he added.
When queried about the potential for public hearings on the matter, Johnson responded, “I think so.” He also suggested that President Donald Trump, “being a New Yorker himself,” might have a vested interest in reopening the case: “What actually happened in 9/11? What do we know? What is being covered up? My guess is there’s an awful lot being covered up in terms of what the American government knows about 9/11.”
Additionally, Johnson mentioned that he had recently spoken with former Congressman Curt Weldon and expressed intent to “work with him to expose what he’s willing to expose.”
Earlier this month, Weldon called on Trump to appoint “people of impeccable integrity” to lead a commission to “study the facts” surrounding 9/11. In an interview with journalist Tucker Carlson, Weldon dismissed the conspiracy theorist label, asserting that the CIA and the government have been engaged in disinformation for a long time. “You know, what gets me is reporters who call people conspiracy theorists. Well, that’s all the agency does! They’re the ones who create the conspiracies,” he remarked. “They have whole courses for their agents on how to make people look like they’re conspiracy theorists.”
The 9/11 Commission Report, published in 2004, is regarded as the most comprehensive federal investigation into the attacks. However, critics have raised concerns about omissions and the ongoing classification of vital government documents. Johnson also noted a bipartisan initiative with Senator Richard Blumenthal in 2023 aimed at obtaining unredacted FBI files. “We wanted to get those answers, those documents for the families. Again, we didn’t get squat from the FBI,” he stated.
Jessica Kline for TROIB News
Republican Senator Ron Johnson has indicated that new congressional hearings regarding the September 11 attacks could be on the horizon, driven by lingering questions about the official narrative and the evidence that was handled.
On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four passenger planes, crashing two into the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan. A third plane hit the Pentagon, while the fourth went down in a field in Pennsylvania. The National Institute of Standards and Technology states that World Trade Center Building 7 collapsed due to fires caused by debris from one of the nearby towers.
In a recent interview with conservative commentator Benny Johnson, Senator Johnson raised concerns about several aspects of the 9/11 investigation, particularly regarding the collapse of Building 7. “I don’t 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’t come down in any other way than a controlled demolition,” he stated.
Johnson, who is the chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, also lamented the removal and destruction of physical evidence from Ground Zero, describing it as “totally contrary to any other firefighting investigation procedures.”
“Where’s all the documentation from the NIST investigation? There are a host of questions that I want and I will be asking, quite honestly, now that my eyes have been opened,” he added.
When queried about the potential for public hearings on the matter, Johnson responded, “I think so.” He also suggested that President Donald Trump, “being a New Yorker himself,” might have a vested interest in reopening the case: “What actually happened in 9/11? What do we know? What is being covered up? My guess is there’s an awful lot being covered up in terms of what the American government knows about 9/11.”
Additionally, Johnson mentioned that he had recently spoken with former Congressman Curt Weldon and expressed intent to “work with him to expose what he’s willing to expose.”
Earlier this month, Weldon called on Trump to appoint “people of impeccable integrity” to lead a commission to “study the facts” surrounding 9/11. In an interview with journalist Tucker Carlson, Weldon dismissed the conspiracy theorist label, asserting that the CIA and the government have been engaged in disinformation for a long time. “You know, what gets me is reporters who call people conspiracy theorists. Well, that’s all the agency does! They’re the ones who create the conspiracies,” he remarked. “They have whole courses for their agents on how to make people look like they’re conspiracy theorists.”
The 9/11 Commission Report, published in 2004, is regarded as the most comprehensive federal investigation into the attacks. However, critics have raised concerns about omissions and the ongoing classification of vital government documents. Johnson also noted a bipartisan initiative with Senator Richard Blumenthal in 2023 aimed at obtaining unredacted FBI files. “We wanted to get those answers, those documents for the families. Again, we didn’t get squat from the FBI,” he stated.
Jessica Kline for TROIB News
