Lies, Damned Lies …

 And flat out made up shit:

AOC: That screenshot of what appeared to be a text message was a fabricated image. It was a fabricated image, I don't know where it came from, I don't know if it was staff of the committee,

AOC at the “impeachment inquiry” hearing. She wasn’t finished, either.

AOC: Mr. Turley, simple question for you. In your testimony today, are you presenting any first-hand witness account of crimes committed by the president of the United States? 

Turley: No, I'm not.

As for that “fabricated image:"

Republicans present fake texts messages today as evidence to impeach a President that they pulled off some QAnon disinformation social media page. If this was court, everyone would be filing out because the case would be dismissed for prosecutorial misconduct.

There was also an argument about Devin Archer’s testimony being admitted into the record. Shockingly, James Comer wanted it kept out:

Devon Archer was previously hyped as Republicans’ star witness, a former Hunter Biden business partner. After he laid out in detail that Joe Biden was *not* incriminated by anything, Fox News just spread the idea that he’d said the opposite.

The reviews are in:

What a disaster for the GOP. A complete, unmitigated disaster.

They aren’t good.

GOP leadership thought this “impeachment inquiry” would distract from the fact that they are shutting down the government in 2 days. There’s no evidence, so this is a boring waste of time. A complete snoozer. Half of the audience cleared out, no line outside, & lots of press left

The show closed out of town:

all 3 of the big cable networks have now ceased broadcasting the impeachment hearing. Newsmax is still taking it.