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Jack Smith pressed on DOJ probes - and basketball

WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith, who supervised two prosecutions of President Donald Trump over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election and retention of classified documents, defended his work before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. The hearing, which became heated at times and included an extended tangent about basketball,…

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Ex-Trump prosecutor Smith will tell senators he won't 'be silenced' by threats of prosecutionRepublican Sen. Chuck Grassley says a committee hearing into the former Justice Department special counsel who brought two federal indictments against President Donald Trump will highlight the...

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Katie Britt’s face says it all when Jack Smith hearing goes off the railsSen. Eric Schmitt thought he caught Smith in a lie when the Republican confused the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

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Ted Cruz Blasts Jack Smith, Accuses Him of “Egregious Abuse of Power” During Fiery Senate Hearing (VIDEO)Former Special Counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his federal criminal investigation into President Trump.

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Klobuchar Piles on Humiliated MAGA Senator After Major GaffeAmy Klobuchar is not letting her MAGA colleague off the hook after he concocted a crazy theory that was exposed as being dead wrong.

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The Implosion of Eric SchmittHours after drawing buzz as a potential JD Vance running mate, Senator Eric Schmitt went viral when a Jack Smith hearing "gotcha" collapsed over a basketball team mix-up.

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GOP senator sues Jack Smith for mocking 'Trump's complexion' after disastrous hearingSen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sued former special counsel Jack Smith, claiming the investigation he led carried a codename chosen to mock President Donald Trump's complexion.The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in Tennessee by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, targets Smith personally and as...

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