CLASSIC: Was the 7th Floor Group a real 'Shadow Government'?
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
During the hectic news cycle of 2015, numerous stories popped up in headlines, only to disappear as soon as another event (or scandal) came to light. One story in particular remains enigmatic in the modern day: During the investigation into the Clinton email scandal, an FBI report found that "There was a powerful group of very high-ranking State [Department] officials that some referred to as 'The 7th Floor Group' or 'The Shadow Government.'" What exactly did this mean? Was there really a shadow government operating in Washington? Tune in to learn more.
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| 0:00.0 | Fellow conspiracy realist, have you ever suspected there was some sort of |
| 0:06.7 | Shadowy Cabal? What a softball question. |
| 0:09.9 | Isn't that sort of the whole basis of this show? I think it is. Yeah, I think we've all suspected it's entirely like, yeah. |
| 0:17.0 | This is a fun one for us. Back in 2019 2019 we looked at the hectic news cycle of 2015 with the benefit of |
| 0:29.0 | retrospect and we noticed that there was a particular investigation from the FBI into the |
| 0:38.6 | Clinton administration where they said quote there was a powerful group of very high-ranking state officials |
| 0:45.8 | that some referred to as the seventh floor group or the shadow government. |
| 0:52.2 | But what does that mean? Well let's jump into the episode to find out. or the Shadow Government. |
| 0:52.8 | But what does that mean? |
| 0:53.8 | Well, let's jump into the episode to find out. |
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| 1:24.0 | Hi, it's Andrea Gunning, the host of Betrayal. |
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