Eric Schmitt Defends Hearing Claim

What happened

Sen. Eric Schmitt defended his Senate hearing attack on former special counsel Jack Smith after trying to accuse him of perjury over a basketball trip. Smith denied attending an Atlanta Hawks game and said he had gone to a women’s college basketball game featuring the Iowa Hawkeyes and Caitlin Clark. The exchange landed during a Republican push against Smith’s Trump investigations, with Schmitt discussed as a possible 2028 running mate for JD Vance. Schmitt said he was probing possible coordination with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and refused to call it a mistake. Clips of the exchange are still spreading online.

How each side covered it

From the left

Left-leaning accounts framed the moment as a failed perjury trap that turned into a public self-own. Daily Beast emphasized the team mix-up, saying Schmitt had confused the Atlanta Hawks with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Raw Story highlighted Jen Psaki’s claim that allies deleted praise for the planned gotcha. Daily Beast also stressed Brit Hume’s sharp criticism.

From the right

Only one right-leaning outlet we track covered this: Washington Examiner, under the headline “Eric Schmitt defends perjury trap airball at Jack Smith hearing: ‘Not a mistake’”.

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