Schmitt’s Perjury Claim Against Smith Unresolved at Hearing

Sen. Eric Schmitt accused former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing after questioning whether Smith had attended an Atlanta Hawks game in February 2024. Smith denied going to the Atlanta game and said he recalled attending a University of Iowa women’s basketball game against Maryland in Maryland. The hearing exchange did not establish that Smith had been at the Hawks game or that he had lied about his whereabouts. Schmitt said text messages from Smith’s team indicated Smith was in Atlanta on February 3, 2024, for a game between the Hawks and the Golden State Warriors. He displayed a board containing excerpts he described as messages and warned Smith not to perjure himself. Schmitt then said he believed Smith had already done so. The complete messages were not made available for independent review in the supplied reporting, leaving their context and what they establish unclear. Smith said he did not recall being in Atlanta at the time and denied attending the Hawks game. He said he remembered going to a University of Maryland women’s basketball game against Iowa around then.