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MAGA senator throws tantrum after epic gaffe in Jack Smith hearing: ‘Quote me on it!’
What happened
RawStory reports that Sen. Eric Schmitt used a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to accuse former special counsel Jack Smith of meeting Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis at an Atlanta basketball game in early 2024. Smith said he attended a game in Maryland, not Georgia, undermining the premise of Schmitt’s accusation.
After the hearing, reporters repeatedly asked whether Schmitt had gotten his information wrong. He did not identify evidence placing Smith at the Atlanta game. Instead, he repeated that Smith denied being there, accused him of lying in the past, called…
The skinny
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