As another Jan. 6 conspiracy theory collapses, JD Vance pretends otherwise

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As another Jan. 6 conspiracy theory collapses, JD Vance pretends otherwise
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A long-awaited watchdog report says the FBI missed a 'basic step' when gathering intel ahead of January 6th. MSNBC national security analyst Clint Watts joins Chris Jansing to react to this and to President-elect Trump saying he will pursue pardons for Capitol rioters.

Republican conspiracy theorists are probably quite accustomed to reality discrediting their ideas, but this has nevertheless been a rough week for them. Many GOP officials, for example, were heavily invested in Alexander Smirnov’s dubious claims about President Joe Biden, but the profiteer has since admitted that he made up the allegations.

We already knew — from congressional investigations and multiple federal court cases — that the conspiracy theory was baseless. But in case there were still any lingering doubts, the Justice Department’s inspector general erased them in unambiguous detail. It was against this backdrop that Vice President-elect JD Vance decided to tweak the theory, apparently hoping no one would notice. By way of social media, the Ohio Republican highlighted an item noting that the Jan.

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