On Thursday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deposition before the House Oversight Committee was briefly halted when Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) sent an unauthorized photo of the proceeding to podcaster Benny Johnson. During his Thursday livestream, Johnson said he had “little birdies on the inside” who were sending him information. The photos were posted on Johnson’s social media, credited to Boebert.
Hillary Clinton's deposition to Congress was briefly derailed by an unauthorized leak from Rep. Lauren Boebert to Benny Johnson
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Hillary Clinton’s closed door testimony was just halted because that clown Boebert snuck photos from her chair and sent them to Benny Johnson.
[image or embed]— Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.com) Feb 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
On his show earlier in the day, Johnson declared: “Ladies and gentlemen, we'll be marching into the Bill and Hillary Clinton testimony today. I got little birdies on the inside right now that are texting and telling us what's going on.”
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From the February 26, 2026, edition of The Benny Show, streamed on YouTube
BENNY JOHNSON (HOST): Ladies and gentlemen, we'll be marching into the Bill and Hillary Clinton testimony today. I got little birdies on the inside right now that are texting and telling us what's going on. I mean, you just saw James Conner on our show last night, on our show, the State of the Union. He was previewing all of this -- ALX, I don't know if we have that clip or not, but yeah. What's happening next? Starts at 11, ladies and gentlemen. It starts live during our show. And Bill and Hillary Clinton will be testifying before Congress. Hillary Clinton will be today live before Congress. Bill Clinton tomorrow, live before Congress.
Now as I've been told by the committee, these will be taped. However, the members of Congress can live tweet. Members of Congress can send text messages to your boy and to all of us. And they'll be under oath. I'm already getting data and information from inside of the actual hearing. The video will be released so that -- so the video is gonna be taped, but then they're gonna release the video later. It's not gonna be a live video, but we have live information and intel from inside of the actual committee. It will be happening live on this program.