Mr Smith Goes To Washington...
And will have more substantive things than a pillow to bring to the table, unlike Mike Lindell who must cry into his at night.
“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.
“𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.
The former special counsel testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee amid the Justice Department’s pursuit of those involved in investigations into Trump.
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Unsurprisingly, this descended into a flurry of angry insults from Republicans including Eric Schmitt - who really should have checked his facts before opening his mouth...
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞, 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐬 𝐍𝐁𝐀 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬.
𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐨𝐰𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.
“𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲,” 𝐊𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.
“𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲?” 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭. “𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.”
“𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐠,” 𝐊𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝. “𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐬𝐢𝐫.”
Senator Eric Schmitt erupts after his attempt to pin the special counsel at a basketball game in Atlanta backfires
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