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Democratic Lawmaker Slams ‘The Hill’

November 15, 2019 · 3:31 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“Angered by the testimony of ousted ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) upbraided a reporter for The Hill and ripped the outlet’s publication of columns by John Solomon, the conservative journalist whose work is at the center of what Yovanovitch described as a ‘smear campaign’ against her,” Politico reports.

Said Spier: “I just find it reprehensible that any newspaper would just be willing to put that kind of crap out that is not — has no veracity whatsoever, and not check to see if it had any veracity.”

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