During a congressional hearing this week, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) claimed former special counsel Jack Smith once attended an NBA game in Georgia to tie him to Fulton County’s prosecution of President Donald Trump, but according to a report, the texts the senator cited did not reference any basketball team names. Schmitt accused Smith of […]
During a congressional hearing this week, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) claimed former special counsel Jack Smith once attended an NBA game in Georgia to tie him to Fulton County’s prosecution of President Donald Trump, but according to a report, the texts the senator cited did not reference any basketball team names.
Schmitt accused Smith of perjury for allegedly lying about attending an Atlanta Hawks NBA game on Feb. 3, 2024, but Smith denied he was ever there. The witness later recalled that he watched an Iowa Hawkeyes college women’s basketball team play in Maryland that day.
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