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Jack Smith hearing leaves GOP grasping for excuses

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January 23, 2026

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In a prime time recap of former special counsel Jack Smith's public testimony to the House Judiciary Committee, Rachel Maddow and her MS NOW colleagues talk about the excuses and conspiracy theories Republicans are clinging to as they try to avoid and explain away Smith's conclusions about Donald Trump's criminality.

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