Senate hearing explodes as Johnson accuses Dem of spreading Russian disinformation: 'You lied repeatedly!'
Sen. Ron Johnson accused Sen. Peters of 'lies,' 'false allegations'
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News
A Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing broke out into a heated exchange between Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and ranking member Gary Peters, D-Mich., when the GOP leader accused Peters of lying and spreading Russian disinformation.
Johnson took time during Wednesday's hearing on irregularities in the 2020 election to address claims from Peters that he had spread Russian disinformation about Hunter Biden. Johnson claimed that in reality, Peters was the one spreading false information from Russia.
"I just have to talk about Russian disinformation because the people peddling it are not on my side of the aisle," Johnson said.
"Senior Democrat leaders, including ranking member Peters," he continued, "they were involved in a process of creating a false intelligence product, it was supposed to be classified, they leaked to the media, that accused Sen. [Chuck] Grassley, the president pro tempore of the Senate, and myself of accepting and disseminating Russian disinformation."
Johnson said Peters "introduced that false information" – which he said was itself Russian disinformation – into the record of the committee’s investigation. He went on to say that after Democrats said revelations from Hunter Biden’s laptop were Russian disinformation, they later learned that there was a real, ongoing Justice Department investigation involving Hunter Biden.
"So it’s just galling – and I have to point out – that the purveyors of Russian disinformation, Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the DNC, the Steele dossier, the ranking member Peters accusing Sen. Grassley and I of disseminating Russian disinformation – that’s where the disinformation is coming, the lies, the false allegations."
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