The Daily Herold: 7/15/26 - Amy Coney Barrett's Security Woes and Jay Clayton's Rocky Hearing
Jon Herold spends Hump Day bracing for Thursday's big election announcement, sharing poll results on audience expectations and urging people to prepare for a possible letdown rather than get their hopes too high. He plays clips from Amy Coney Barrett's testimony about threats to her family and her push for more Supreme Court security, offering some pointed pushback on her reasoning, then turns to DNI nominee Jay Clayton's rocky confirmation hearing exchange over election integrity. Other topics include new revelations about Jack Smith's team accessing lawmakers' private texts, a Wisconsin…
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