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Hearing Targeting Jack Smith Strays Into Basketball Questions
Original: Hearing Aimed at Jack Smith, Who Charged Trump, Devolves When Questions Turn to Basketball
A congressional hearing aimed at Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought federal charges against Donald Trump, derailed when questioning turned to basketball. The New York Times reported that proceedings meant to scrutinize Smith's prosecutions instead devolved into off-topic exchanges, drawing attention to the chaotic tenor of the session. Critics saw it as grandstanding by Republicans; the hearing produced little substantive scrutiny of the cases against Trump.
Why now: The spectacle of a serious oversight hearing collapsing into trivial questioning is being widely shared and mocked.
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- Hearing Aimed at Jack Smith, Who Charged Trump, Devolves When Questions Turn to Basketball · The New York Times
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