'Republicans know' impeachment 'falling apart': WH reporter

MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire revealed a nugget of reporting on the House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden that shows "Republicans know it's falling apart."

Lemire, the host of "Way Too Early" and White House bureau chief for Politico, spoke to a White House staffer who told him about subpoena letters sent before – and then after – the GOP's star witness Alexander Smirnov told investigators he had been working with Russian spies to smear Hunter Biden.

"They keep saying, 'We sure hope we're going to find something,' and they haven't yet," Lemire said. "This is the latest embarrassment to this impeachment inquiry, but we played sound all morning, that the reporters are asking Republicans, saying, 'Well, the very thesis, the foundation of your case has fallen apart because of this informant taking information from Russian intelligence officers, and they dispute that. They won't do it."

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"I'll just note this, we know that White House staffers, we reported this morning, received subpoena letters this week saying you have to come and testify, you know, for this impeachment inquiry," Lemire added. "One staffer told me he received a letter and 90 minutes later received a second that said, 'Hey, disregard the first, use this one instead.' He said, 'What is the difference between the two? All the references to Smirnov in the first letter had been stripped out, and now they were going forward without it. That's their acknowledgment, the Republicans know it's falling apart."

"Oh my God," said "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski. "Wow."

"Again, Congress allowing Russian disinformation to come straight into the United States Congress," said host Joe Scarborough. "An easy, easy mark for Russian disinformation."

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