Another DC Schmitt Show

“It was meant to be a dramatic confrontation, a public accusation of perjury against Jack Smith, the special counsel who investigated Donald J. Trump. Instead, Senator Eric Schmitt’s amateur sleuthing into basketball led him to the wrong game, league and state.” (And that lede doesn’t begin to do justice to how historically humiliating and offensive Eric Schmitt’s now viral self-own played out.) As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falls Apart.

+ If you’ve somehow missed it, you can see the whole exchange here. While the self-own was funny, the broader hearings were anything but, as Trump’s enablers soiled their office and the nation by attacking a good American and great prosecutor in the name of gaslighting the American people. Thankfully, Cory Booker summed things up. His angry comments are on the mark and worth your time. This hearing is a farce. “What do the Republicans in control of Congress do with their closing statement before an election? They carry out the big lie. They persecute prosecutors. They do Trump’s bidding. They choose Trump over truth, corruption and crimes over the Constitution.” (As I’ve said, it takes a village to raise a tyrant. Consider that, until yesterday, Eric Schmitt was considered a strong contender to be JD Vance’s running mate in ’28.)