‘A total dirtbag’: GOP senator mistakenly accuses Smith of perjury over NBA game
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Former special counsel Jack Smith’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing became tense after Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., presented a text message to Smith that he suggested showed he was in Atlanta for a basketball game in 2024. What unfolded was a heated exchange of conflicting information, which resulted in the discovery that Schmitt had confused the names of basketball teams.
Former special counsel Jack Smith’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing became tense after Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., presented a text message to Smith that he suggested showed he was in Atlanta for a basketball game in 2024. What unfolded was a heated exchange of conflicting information, which resulted in the discovery that Schmitt had confused the names of basketball teams.