Kennedy berates Smith over conversations with Garland: ‘You make me want to throw up in my mouth’

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) grilled former special counsel Jack Smith during his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his relationship to higher-ups in the Biden administration and his subpoenaing of congressional phone records on Tuesday.

Kennedy pressed Smith multiple times on his personal feelings about former President Joe Biden and his conversations with former Attorney General Merrick Garland surrounding his investigations into President Donald Trump. When Smith told Kennedy he had “absolutely no idea” if Garland checked in with Biden before Smith launched his investigations into Trump, Kennedy railed against the former special prosecutor.

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