Rachel Maddow

So the flight risk thing has nothing to do with Kevin McCarthy, nothing to do with this matter at all.

It is a total canard.

But if you can interrupt him at just the right time, this is my time!

Then maybe he can't explain that.

So mission accomplished.

Lawrence, when you're talking about the dignity of congressional testimony, I thought of this moment.

Yeah, seriously.

Ari, I also have to put this to you.

In the middle of this hearing today, the first break they took was to go take votes in the House.

And one of the things they voted on was whether or not senators who had their phone records subpoenaed by Jack Smith should be able to get a half million dollars each from the Justice Department.

And the vote was unanimous.

that senators should not be able to get money from the Justice Department for having their phones subpoenaed, their phone records subpoenaed by Jack Smith.

Somewhat undercutting their own Jeremiah on this point.

And I would just say another, like, brilliant political stroke by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to schedule a vote during this hearing that directly undercuts the case they're making about something they're supposedly so mad about at that hearing.

Mike Johnson scores again.

All right, much more of our primetime recap of Jack Smith's testimony today ahead, including our exclusive interview with Congressman Jamie Raskin.

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