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The ominous 3-word warning everyone missed in the chaotic Jack Smith hearing

What happened

AlterNet reports that a Senate hearing intended to discredit former special counsel Jack Smith instead exposed Republican senators’ factual sloppiness and fixation on defending Donald Trump. Senator Eric Schmitt accused Smith of lying about attending an Atlanta Hawks game in February 2024, but the messages Schmitt displayed reportedly placed Smith in College Park, Maryland, for an Iowa–Maryland game—not Atlanta.

Smith testified that his investigation had developed evidence he believed could prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump committed serious crimes in attempting to…

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