Ron Johnson calls for accountability amid FBI opening a 'grand conspiracy' probe on weaponization

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., praised the FBI for opening up a "grand conspiracy" probe into weaponization, arguing that there are many criminals that need to be held accountable. 

"I felt these people were criminals for many years now," Johnson said on the Monday edition of the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. "I mean, the fact that they knew this...the whole Russiagate was a conspiracy hatched by the Clinton campaign back in 2016. President Obama was briefed on that. I mean, they all knew."

Just the News reported over the weekend that the FBI had quietly launched an investigation into a decade of Democratic Party and deep-state antics from Russia collusion to Jack Smith, opening the door for the appointment of a special prosecutor to examine whether the well-documented episodes amount to a criminal conspiracy to meddle in three U.S. elections to the benefit of Democrats and the detriment of President Donald Trump.

The “grand conspiracy” case was opened several weeks ago after new FBI Director Kash Patel took over, and it could get a significant boost if Trump were to declassify two secret tranches of evidence that identify a potential ignition point to the alleged conspiracy in the summer of 2016, according to several people directly familiar with the inquiry, who spoke to Just the News on the condition of anonymity.

"They put America through unbelievable, really historic political turmoil, knowing that the entire narrative was completely false," Johnson said.

Johnson said that many people involved in the conspiracies were able to get away with it because they were Democrats.

"These are corrupt, bad people that, unfortunately, because they're radical leftists, they're Democrats, they, by and large, get a pass in the mainstream media," he said.