A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.

Jordan Bardella, the 31-year-old protégé of Marine Le Pen, is said to have made antisemitic statements as a teenage activist. He denies it.

And some speculation about why.

In April 2024, the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack.