Eagerness to bolster Trump conspiracy theory led humiliated MAGA senator to ignore warnings

Senator Eric Schmitt was warned that the text message he planned to use as a perjury trap for special counsel Jack Smith had not been vetted, but Schmitt was so convinced of his own conspiracy theory about the criminal investigations of Donald Trump that he ignored the warning and ran headlong into humiliating himself in the national spotlight. Capitol Hill reporter Mychael Schnell joins to explain MS NOW's exclusive reporting and former Senator Claire McCaskill provides her analysis.

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