“UH-OH, THAT’S NOT GOOD”: As a reasonably experienced litigator, I can tell you I’ve researched enough cases where an “informant” or “source” was paid. That tends to be a credibility bomb.

In McCoy v. Hearst Corp., for example, Lowell Bergman (of “60 Minutes” and “The Insider” fame) was sued in libel for relying on a convict-source to whom he allegedly promised free legal help on his own appeal in return for telling him bad things about a local prosecutor.

The lower court was somewhat incredulous, asking what wouldn’t a convicted prisoner say to a reporter to get something. (Duh).

The judgment against Bergman was overturned on other grounds.

So, that brings us to Jack Smith. Just the News published a bombshell this morning: “Jack Smith team approved $20k payment to informant to snitch on Trump team during Arctic Frost probe.”

I can just imagine in my fevered, crazy, right-wing lunatic brain that believes in the rule of law, Biden’s people saying: “So? We paid him. That doesn’t mean he was lying.”