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Jack Smith vs. Sen. Eric Schmitt: the Atlanta Hawks "gotcha" that turned out to be the Iowa Hawkeyes

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On Late Night, Seth Meyers takes a closer look at a hearing where Sen. Eric Schmitt pressed Jack Smith about attending a Hawks game. Smith said he recalled a Maryland vs. Iowa game with Caitlin Clark around February 2024, with the Marshals Service present, and another speaker then pointed out that Iowa's team is the Hawkeyes.

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Seth Meyers
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monologue - Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Late Night with Seth Meyers · watch the full video from this moment
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56 seconds, unedited within the cut
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I guess it is perjury if Smith is saying he didn't go to an Atlanta Hawks game and Republicans have proof that he did, unless, you know, there's a simple explanation that makes Schmidt look like a f***ing dip. I recall going to a University of Maryland basketball game where Caitlin Clark was playing right around that time, and the martial service was there with me. You could check if that was the exact date it was Maryland playing Iowa, Iowa, I think February of 2024. But again, you can check that out if that's what we're talking about. Oh, okay, okay. But we're talking about the Hawks. You were at a Hawks game and the Hawks playing Atlanta. You can't spin your way out of this one, deranged Jack Smith. Could it then be that University of Iowa's the Hawkeyes? Could that be it? That might be the confusion over the names of the team, but perhaps you should have looked at it more carefully. Oh, oh,

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