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The Implosion of Eric Schmitt

Hours 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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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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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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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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Hawley calls for Jack Smith to be disbarred during Senate hearingJosh Hawley alleged Smith opened the inquiries into the president "all for the purpose of keeping Donald Trump off the ballot."

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Jack Smith pressed on DOJ probes - and basketballWASHINGTON — 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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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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Fox News Analyst Mocks GOP Senator Over Viral BlunderSen. Eric Schmitt embarrassed himself during a lengthy tirade against Jack Smith.

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Big Promotion in Limbo for Staffer of Humiliated MAGA SenatorA viral flub by Sen. Eric Schmitt may be having a ripple effect on his staff.

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Guest Editorial: Eric Schmitt airballs with ‘dirtbag’ attackJust when you think Eric Schmitt couldn't possibly embarrass himself and his constituents any more than he already has, he goes in for a rhetorical layup, gratuitously throws an elbow, then spectacularly misses the shot.

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Eric Schmitt's failed Jack Smith gotcha exposes GOP propagandaMAGA media was ready to amplify the Missouri senator's conspiracy theory. It turned out to be laughably false

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