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Jack Smith’s Shock Admission is Painful to Hear

100 Percent Fed Up and Resist the Mainstream describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Jack Smith’s Shock Admission is Painful to Hear.
The headline split Resist the Mainstream frames it as "Jack Smith’s Shock Admission is Painful to Hear". NewsBusters frames it as "The Network Evening News Mostly OMITS Explosive Jack Smith Hearing".
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Resist the MainstreamNews report · Sep 30, 3:01 AM

Jack Smith’s Shock Admission is Painful to Hear

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith told Congress that his investigators obtained a court order to reach records of advertising purchases on Fox News. Smith made the disclosure while testifyi...

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100 Percent Fed UpNews report · Sep 30, 3:36 AM

New Records Just Blew A Hole In Jack Smith’s Story About The Mar-a-Lago Case

Newly released NARA records say the message behind the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation was not a criminal referral, contradicting Jack Smith’s court filing.

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NewsBustersNews report · Sep 30, 2:44 AM

The Network Evening News Mostly OMITS Explosive Jack Smith Hearing

The Network Evening News Mostly OMITS Explosive Jack Smith Hearing In an explosive hearing today, the Senate Judiciary Committee detailed explosive allegations of abuses of power by Special...

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