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GOP senator silenced as he sneers at Jack Smith: 'You make me want to throw up’
Jack Smith, former special counsel at the Justice Department, arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., US, September 29, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
What happened
RawStory reports that Sen. Dick Durbin cut off Sen. John Kennedy during a Tuesday hearing after Kennedy repeatedly interrupted former special prosecutor Jack Smith and told him, “You make me want to throw up in my mouth.”
Kennedy alleged that President Biden or White House staff had directed Attorney General Merrick Garland to prosecute Donald Trump. Smith said he had no…
The skinny
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