At a time when Americans are sick of Trumpflation and his stupid, needless war in Iran, Republicans apparently thought they could boost their midterm chances by trying to turn President Election Saboteur and Classified Documents Stealer into a big victim of former special counsel Jack Smith.
In a despicable hearing designed to smear Smith, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) stood out a especially despicable.
Even if Schmitt had his facts right, his “gotcha” was hardly what Schmitt tried to make it out to be. Someone on his staff found text messages about Smith’s seating at a basketball game that Schmitt tried to pass off as proof that Smith had been colluding with Atlanta’s anti-Trump prosecutor, Fani Willis.
“Did you go to an NBA game between the Golden State Warriors and the Atlanta Hawks on February 3, 2024?” Schmitt asked, all but grinning like a cat about to swallow a canary.
Clearly, Smith had no idea what Schmitt was talking about.
“Let me just give you a little context,” Schmitt sneered. “The day before Fani Willis came clean with her affair with the prosecutor [Nathan Wade], you know, the Atlanta prosecutor that was also trying to get Trump. The next day, were you in Atlanta? … Did you ever meet Nathan Wade or Fani Willis in your time in your time as special counsel?”
Smith said no, he had not.
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