“DIRTBAG’: Joe DESTROYS Eric Schmitt for
FAILED ‘gotcha’ moment at Jack Smith hearing
Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his prosecutions of President Trump before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. The biggest moment from the hearing came when Republican Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri suggested Smith had a meeting in Atlanta with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in February 2024. That attempt at a “gotcha” moment backfired because Schmitt had the facts wrong. The Morning Joe panel discusses Schmitt’s ‘epic fail’ and their disbelief at how the GOP lawmaker continues to defend his massive mistake after the hearing.
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WATCH: Sen. Booker questions Jack Smith on Trump investigations
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., questioned former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday in a hearing focused on Smith’s investigations into President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents and role in the Jan. 6attack.
The hearing is the career prosecutor’s second public appearance before the Republican-led Congress over the investigations, which had led to unprecedented indictments. Both were scuttled after Trump’s reelection, as Department of Justice policy prevents prosecution of a sitting president.
Republicans and the president have accused Smith of pursuing a politically motivated case against the president. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, referred Smith to the Justice Department for possible prosecution, alleging that Smith made false statements during an hourslong closed-door meeting with lawmakers in December.
Smith has denied accusations of bias, saying he had “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” of what his investigations laid out.
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Lawrence: ‘Stupidest Senator of the Day’
Schmitt falsely accused Jack Smith of perjury
Missouri Republican Senator Eric Schmitt had his facts wrong when he confronted special prosecutor Jack Smith in today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how Republican senators went into today’s hearing hoping to
“destroy Jack Smith,” but instead former special prosecutor Smith, “with an assist from Amy Klobuchar, destroyed Eric Schmitt and the Republican charade of a hearing.”
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GOP Senator Thought He Caught Jack Smith. Oops.
I had to come on and say something about what Sen. Eric Schmitt tried to pull on Jack Smith at today’s Senate Judiciary hearing.
Schmitt accused Smith of perjury and called him a “dirtbag” over an Atlanta Hawks game, but Smith was actually at an lowa Hawkeyes game in Maryland. This was never about the truth. It’s about distracting you from what Smith testified under oath: that he found proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump committed serious crimes.
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‘I will not be silenced’: Fmr. Special Counsel
Jack Smith defends Trump probes before Senate
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith defended bringing charges against President Trump in both the Jan. 6th and Mar-a-Lago cases, saying he would have done so regardless of whether Trump was a republican or democrat.
Fmr. FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann, Fmr. DOJ Chief Spokesperson Matthew Miller, Fmr. Acting Asst. AG for National Security Mary McCord, and MS NOW Host of “Way Too Early” Ali Vitali join Alicia Menendez to provide analysis of the hearing.
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GOP Cross-Exam INSTANTLY
BACKFIRES…
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the GOP’s cross-examination of Jack Smith backfiring almost instantly. Senator Eric
Schmitt’s attempted gotcha unraveled when he confused the lowa Hawkeyes with the Atlanta Hawks. Senator Graham’s questioning about her late brother prompted Smith to say he would have been a key witness against Trump of his case went to trial, while Senators Kennedy and Cruz had their own exchanges go sideways. Meiselas breaks down the moments from the hearing.
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Republican STORMS AWAY
after “gotcha” on Jack Smith BACKFIRES
LIVE: Katie Phang Gives UPDATES on
BREAKING NEWS
Today on Sidebar with Katie Phang, Katie is joined by Scott MacFarlane to discuss Jack Smith’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which Scott witnessed in person.
They break down how the hearing went off the rails and the other issues Congress should have been paying attention to instead. Katie also brings the latest on the Cornell gang rape case after the DA reopened the investigation and new details about that night have come to light. Plus, Katie’s legal roundup covers the Supreme Court’s latest ruling allowing the Trump administration to resume third-country deportations for now, along with new developments in E. Jean Carroll’s cases and the IRS lawsuit.
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Smug GOP senator faceplants with humiliating ‘gotcha’ failure
Jen Psaki shares the events at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee in which Republican Senator Eric Schmitt thought he had caught former special counsel Jack Smith in a perjury gotcha only to be called out for his spectacular failure by Senator Amy Klobuchar who pointed out that Schmitt’s blind spot for women’s sports led him into what Psaki describes as a “slow-moving self-implosion” leaving Smith unscathed and unflapped.
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‘Painful to be in a fact-based world today’:
Leonnig on Jack Smith’s testimony
As Americans are begging the government to focus on affordability, Republicans are focused on probing former Special Counsel Jack Smith about his criminal investigation into President Trump. Lisa Rubin, MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter; Carol Leonnig, MS NOW Senior Investigator; and Jake Sherman, Punchbowl News Co-Founder and MS NOW Political contributor join Katy Tur to discuss Republicans’ persistent scrutiny of Jack Smith.
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