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Schmitt Challenges Jack Smith With Atlanta Hawks Claim

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  • Senator Eric Schmitt questioned former Special Counsel Jack Smith at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
  • Schmitt displayed posters asserting Smith attended an Atlanta Hawks game on Feb. 3, 2024.
  • Video showed Smith was in Maryland at the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s game, about 550 miles from Atlanta.
  • Schmitt’s staff missed a Google search that would have revealed the cited seat did not exist at State Farm Arena.
  • Ethan Harper, Schmitt’s general counsel, lost a promotion and will join the White House Staff Secretary office.