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orangecrush

(29,684 posts)
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:49 PM 4 hrs ago

Boebert leaks photo, Clinton hearing stopped

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's deposition before the House Oversight Committee was paused Thursday afternoon after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) took an unauthorized photo of Clinton and sent it to conservative influencer Benny Johnson.

Why it matters: Taking a photo during an ongoing deposition and sharing it on social media is a violation of House rules.

Zoom in: "The hearing has been paused briefly while we figure out where the photo came from and why possibly members of Congress are violating House rules," Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill told reporters.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/26/hillary-clinton-epstein-deposition-leaked-photo

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Boebert leaks photo, Clinton hearing stopped (Original Post) orangecrush 4 hrs ago OP
Jeez canetoad 4 hrs ago #1
Boebert Hand-Job Strikes Again ZDU 4 hrs ago #2
Will she be censured? superpatriotman 4 hrs ago #3
Are you kidding? hadEnuf 3 hrs ago #11
Just shows Traildogbob 4 hrs ago #4
I'm wondering if Benny Johnson asked Boebert to take the pic, or if this was her idea? Uncle Joe 4 hrs ago #5
Most welcome orangecrush 3 hrs ago #10
The answer to that should be interesting MustLoveBeagles 3 hrs ago #14
Precisely Uncle Joe 3 hrs ago #17
Boebert didn't do it to be malicious or wicked. She did it because she's as dumb as a post. Fil1957 3 hrs ago #6
There is real dumb and fake dumber than dirt dumb to cause trouble. She is actually both. efhmc 3 hrs ago #7
It was malicious. yardwork 3 hrs ago #8
Okay, malicious AND dumb as a post. Fil1957 3 hrs ago #16
Huh? I don't see how the picture makes her look bad. Wiz Imp 2 hrs ago #18
She looks ready to kick some ass to me MustLoveBeagles 2 hrs ago #22
Boebert & Johnson are both idiots Rob H. 3 hrs ago #9
Boebert is a true idiot LetMyPeopleVote 3 hrs ago #12
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! justaprogressive 3 hrs ago #13
Gosh MustLoveBeagles 2 hrs ago #21
I read on bluesky that after the hearing was stopped Hillary senseandsensibility 3 hrs ago #15
Those two are like a clown show on a Bible study Festivito 2 hrs ago #19
Handy Oakley strikes again! Moran! madinmaryland 2 hrs ago #20
This is a shit show fujiyamasan 1 hr ago #23
"... possibly members of Congress are violating House rules"?!!? GiqueCee 1 hr ago #24

hadEnuf

(3,579 posts)
11. Are you kidding?
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:37 PM
3 hrs ago

She's a Republican and they are never censured. They do whatever the f@ck they want.

However, Hillary will probably be held in contempt because of the pattern of her sweater.

The whole Republican party is power-mad charade.

Traildogbob

(12,863 posts)
4. Just shows
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:08 PM
4 hrs ago

Her fucking outrage at Epstein is as fucking phony as her Jesus.
She is a slut Queen of Sluts. Wake the ever loving fuck up Colorado. This is the image the world see of you. (Whichever district she resides in now)

Uncle Joe

(64,757 posts)
5. I'm wondering if Benny Johnson asked Boebert to take the pic, or if this was her idea?
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:12 PM
4 hrs ago

Thanks for the thread orangecrush.

efhmc

(16,443 posts)
7. There is real dumb and fake dumber than dirt dumb to cause trouble. She is actually both.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:24 PM
3 hrs ago

yardwork

(69,171 posts)
8. It was malicious.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:31 PM
3 hrs ago

The photo is a "gotcha!" angle making Clinton look bad, and the caption implied that she's guilty of something.

Wiz Imp

(9,611 posts)
18. Huh? I don't see how the picture makes her look bad.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 04:25 PM
2 hrs ago

That may have been the intent but just because they are so damn dumb to think a picture would do anything.

Rob H.

(5,809 posts)
9. Boebert & Johnson are both idiots
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:34 PM
3 hrs ago

Via Newsweek:

Johnson said Boebert sent a photo from the deposition, which he posted on X, stating, "BREAKING: The first image of Hillary Clinton testifying under oath about Jeffery Epstein to the Republican Oversight Committee. This is the first time Hillary has had to answer real questions about Epstein. Clinton does not look happy. Photo provided by Rep. Lauren Boebert."

In another post, Johnson said the photo was authorized.

"Rep. Boebert gave me permission to post a photo she took before the hearing started with credit," Johnson said in a later post.

Both emphases added by me. Boebert has neither the authority to take the photo nor disseminate said photo for distribution by herself or anyone else, afaik. Dumbasses.

senseandsensibility

(24,675 posts)
15. I read on bluesky that after the hearing was stopped Hillary
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:52 PM
3 hrs ago

asked for the press to be let in since the Rs were already leaking to the press. Of course they refused.

fujiyamasan

(1,483 posts)
23. This is a shit show
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:27 PM
1 hr ago

Just cancel it already…. Or televise it nationally as I believe the Clintons initially insisted on.

GiqueCee

(3,785 posts)
24. "... possibly members of Congress are violating House rules"?!!?
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:37 PM
1 hr ago

... for crissake, no one was in the room BUT members of Congress, you fuckin' idiots! And Senator Clinton, of course, who probably got a chuckle out of this confederacy of dunces.

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