On The Daily Show, Jordan Klepper takes on Republican Senator Eric Schmitt, who said he had text messages proving Jack Smith attended an Atlanta Hawks game in Atlanta in 2024, while Fani Willis was investigating Trump. As Klepper notes, the texts weren't about the NBA team, and Smith wasn't in Atlanta. He was in Maryland at an Iowa Hawkeyes college game.
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- Jordan Klepper
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- monologue - The Daily Show
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- 59 seconds, unedited within the cut
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And Eric Schmidt brought the receipts. Republican Senator Eric Schmidt claiming to have text messages proving Smith attended a Hawks basketball game in Atlanta in 2024. During the time Georgia prosecutor Fannie Willis was investigating Trump. Ah -ha. Classic perjury trap. You get Jack Smith to say he wasn't in Atlanta. Then you reveal text messages proving he was at an Atlanta Hawks game. It's a perfect plan. Assuming it was the Atlanta Hawks. You're sure it was an Atlanta Hawks game, right? But it turns out the text messages obtained by Schmidt were not about the Atlanta Hawks NBA game, and Smith was not in Atlanta. He was in Maryland at an Iowa Hawkeyes college game. Ah! He confused Atlanta Hawks with the Iowa Hawkeyes. That's like mixing up NASA and NASCAR. Sorry.
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