Yesterday, former special counsel Jack Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump.
Republican Senator Eric Schmitt tried to lead the charge against Smith in that hearing, locked and loaded with what he believed was one hell of a “gotcha” moment.
As it turned out, it was one hell of a humiliating moment for Schmitt and his Republican Senate colleagues, after Schmitt proved to the world he forgot to do his homework.
In no uncertain terms, Jack Smith told the committee and the country that he had uncovered “proof beyond reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump “engaged in serious crimes against our nation.”
The GOP couldn’t have that. So Schmitt set his sights on proving that Smith had colluded with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who led her own, separate investigation into Donald Trump. As evidence, Schmitt cited text messages he said placed the then-special counsel at an Atlanta Hawks game, with the messages blown up on big foam poster boards and openly referring to Smith as a “total dirtbag.”
But as Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar noted, Schmitt had obviously gotten himself confused, because Jack Smith was at an Iowa Hawkeyes women’s college basketball game in Maryland on Feb. 3, 2024, nowhere near Atlanta.
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