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CNN Addresses Scott Jennings' Claim He Spoke to Mitch McConnell in Hospital

CNN is addressing political commentator Scott Jennings’ recent claim he spoke with Mitch McConnell at length amid the senator’s ongoing and undisclosed health issue. “As a CNN Political Commentator, Scott Jennings is not a full-time employee or journalist for the network,” a spokesperson for the network told The Daily Beast on Friday, July 10. “His account of a personal conversation with Senator McConnell reflects his experience and is not CNN reporting.” Jennings, 48, alleged on a Tuesday, July 7, broadcast of CNN that he spoke to McConnell, 84, earlier that day for “about...