Eric Schmitt defends per­jury trap air­ball at Jack Smith hear­ing: ‘Not a mis­take’

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R‑MO) said he made no mis­take when he tried to place for­mer spe­cial coun­sel Jack Smith in Atlanta dur­ing a Sen­ate Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee hear­ing, reject­ing the idea that he mixed up an NBA game and a col­lege women’s bas­ket­ball game.During the hear­ing on Tues­day, Schmitt told Smith he had “a series of text mes­sages” that place him at a “Hawks” game on Feb. 3, 2024. Schmitt sug­gest­ed the ref­er­ence meant an Atlanta Hawks NBA game and ques­tioned whether Smith had trav­eled to Geor­gia to meet with then-Ful­ton Coun­ty Dis­trict Attor­ney Fani Willis.The attempt fell flat when Smith said the bas­ket­ball game he recalled attend­ing fea­tured Caitlin Clark in Mary­land, not an NBA game in Geor­gia. Schmitt appeared to have mixed up the Atlanta Hawks NBA team and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa’s women’s bas­ket­ball team, the Hawkeyes.
Schmitt was asked about the exchange fol­low­ing the hear­ing by TMZ but dis­missed the idea that he made a mis­take with his line of ques­tion­ing.
“There’s not a …