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Mike Pompeo and Jim Jordan’s Astounding Hypocrisy

When we were investigating Benghazi, we would have moved to impeach if armed with such clear evidence.
Source: Kenzo Tribouillard / Reuters

For eight years, House Republicans searched for a “smoking gun” that could unravel the presidency of Barack Obama. They presided over , issued more than , held the of Congress, and even formed a devoted exclusively to one investigation, on Benghazi. As someone who spent five years working alongside Republicans on the Oversight Committee, I can tell you that we never found a that was provided yesterday from the senior U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, William

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