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Watch: Fox News cuts off Lev Parnas as soon as he admits Russia is behind Biden smears

Fox News cut away from its coverage of a House hearing Wednesday as soon as one of the witnesses testified that Russia was behind allegations against President Joe Biden.

While the hearing was on impeachment, a much-talked-about topic at Fox News, the network did not spend much time covering it after Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani and a witness called by the Democrats, began speaking.

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'I'm disgusted': GOP impeachment witness melts down after Dem declines to question him

A Republican witness became unglued Wednesday after a Democratic lawmaker declined to question him.

At a Wednesday House Oversight Committee impeachment hearing, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) directed questions to Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani.

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Lev Parnas testifies Trump 'encouraged' Rudy Giuliani to find dirt on Biden in Ukraine

Former Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas told the House Oversight and Reform Committee impeachment hearing into President Joe Biden Wednesday that Donald Trump directly 'encouraged" Giuliani to find dirt.

Parnas began by recalling a 2023 letter he sent to committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) that said he observed Giuliani's interference extensively in Ukraine politics.

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Lev Parnas: Rudy Giuliani and I knowingly spread Russian disinformation

Lev Parnas, a convicted criminal and former associate of Rudy Giuliani, said during testimony in the House of Representatives on Wednesday that he and Giuliani knowingly spread misinformation from Russia about President Joe Biden.

What's more, said Parnas, the two men knew at the time that this misinformation came from Russian intelligence operatives.

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'Just putting on a show': MSNBC host slams drama at GOP's latest Biden impeachment hearing

As the latest House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing unfolded on Wednesday, MSNBC host Ana Cabrera quipped that it seemed like lawmakers were trying to create drama to score media attention.

Capitol Hill reporter Ryan Nobles pointed to Florida Democrat Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who showed up in a Vladimir Putin mask. It's a reference to one of the Republican witnesses, Alexander Smirnov, who is accused of getting "dirt" on Hunter Biden and his father, President Joe Biden, after a meeting with Russian intelligence.

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'Running on empty': Jamie Raskin opens latest Biden impeachment hearing with GOP takedown

The House Oversight and Reform Committee began another Joe Biden impeachment hearing Wednesday, and ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) opened with a takedown of the Republican Party's inquiry so far.

It has become clear to many Republicans that they don't have the votes for impeaching Biden as the attempt at collecting incriminating evidence has largely fallen flat.

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Democrats plan to upend Biden impeachment inquiry by calling Giuliani henchman to testify

House Democrats will call convicted criminal and one-time Rudy Giuliani henchman Lev Parnas to testify in the impeachment probe against President Joe Biden.

The Ukrainian American businessman, who worked alongside Giuliani ahead of the 2020 election to dig up dirt about Biden and his son Hunter Biden, will be testifying alongside Tony Bobulinski, a former associate of the president's family who has made unsubstantiated allegations about their business dealings, reported CNN.

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Trump demands Georgia judge reconsider refusal to remove Fani Willis

Donald Trump and his co-defendants in the Fulton County racketeering case are demanding that Judge Scott McAfee reconsider his decision that District Attorney Fani Willis can remain on the case.

McAfee ruled last week that, if lead prosecutor Nathan Wade is removed from the case, Willis could remain. He had been considering an ethics complaint from the defendants concerning a romantic relationship between the two.

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'That will help me in heaven': Rudy Giuliani on getting disbarred for Trump

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani predicted he would be disbarred and that it would help him "in heaven."

During his Sunday WABC radio broadcast, Giuliani offered what he said was "confidential stuff" after he was found liable for defaming two Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

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Rudy Giuliani won't give up 'pot of gold' Florida condo to bankruptcy creditors: report

Bankrupt Rudy Giuliani's "pot of gold" may be his prized Palm Beach condo.

Creditors say they want to sell the pad, but have so far been rebuffed by the former New York City mayor.

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'Irony and shame died': Morning Joe panel appalled by MAGA takeover of RNC

Donald Trump has fully captured the Republican National Committee and stacked its leadership with allies and family members, much to the disappointment of some longtime GOP activists.

Al Cárdenas has twice led Florida's Republican Party, served on the RNC's executive committee, and chaired the American Conservative Union, which hosts the annual CPAC event, but he told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he barely recognizes the national GOP organization after the MAGA takeover.

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Georgia judge throws out Trump co-defendant's demand to revise bond

Harrison Floyd is one of Donald Trump's many co-defendants in the Georgia election racketeering case -- and he's also been sparring with the judge presiding over his case for breaking the terms of his bond.

In November, Judge Scott A. McAfee was asked to revoke Floyd's bond when he posted a series of social media comments the judge agreed intimidated and threatened witnesses.

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'Oh my God!' MSNBC's Mika stunned by RNC hiring notorious election denier

The Republican National Committee has hired a notorious election denier to focus on alleged claims of fraud, and MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski was audibly stunned.

Christina Bobb, a former OAN reporter who has spread false claims about the 2020 election, has been hired by the RNC as senior counsel for election integrity, and the "Morning Joe" co-host expressed shock as colleague Willie Geist read the news.

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