Was the 7th Floor Group a real 'Shadow Government'?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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🗓️ 24 April 2019

⏱️ 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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1:49.0	Welcome back to the show, my name is Matt, Noel is on an adventure, but who are you?
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2:12.0	Most importantly you are you, you are here and that makes this stuff they don't want you to know.
2:18.0	This is a weird one Matt, this is an episode that a lot of our fellow listeners had asked us to cover in years past.
2:28.0	Yes, it's a callback.
2:30.0	It's a callback, it really is. And we did, we did an episode related to this topic way back in what 2016?
2:40.0	So looking back, it's strange to recall that the 2016 presidential campaign happened three years ago.
2:49.0	Yeah, it certainly doesn't seem as though that much time has passed, but in fact it has a three-ish years.
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