Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on an unsealed indictment including four felony counts against then-former US President Donald Trump on August 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Congressional Republicans have spent years claiming the federal government has been “weaponized” against their side. They’ve regularly done this by making hyperbolic claims that went well beyond the available evidence .

It’s happening yet again.

We learned Monday that special counsel Jack Smith had obtained the phone records of nine congressional Republicans as part of his January 6, 2021, investigation.

Republicans quickly raised this as proof positive of a Watergate-esque conspiracy against them.

A few key points:

The GOP is exaggerating the evidence

The news was g

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