Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 30 September 2026
WATCH: Eric Schmitt mistakes basketball teams while trying to trip up Jack Smith
In Sen. Eric Schmitt's effort to trip up former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith on Tuesday, the Missouri Republican seemed to mistake basketball teams playing about 650 miles apart. Schmitt accused Smith of perjuring himself during a Senate hearing after repeatedly prodding him about whether he'd attend
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Both outlets center the same viral hearing exchange and frame it as Schmitt trying to catch Jack Smith out while getting the basketball teams wrong. The AP presents it as a straightforward watch item and notes the teams were “about 650 miles apart,” while The Hill labels it as opinion and foregrounds the moment as an “unusual turn” in Smith’s testimony.
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