10/04/2026
Sen. Schmitt Accuses Jack Smith of Perjury and Calls Him a “Dirtbag”
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Eric Schmitt questioned former special counsel Jack Smith about whether he attended an Atlanta Hawks game in February 2024.
Schmitt suggested Smith could be committing perjury and later called him a “total dirtbag.”
Smith clarified that he had attended a University of Iowa women’s basketball game in Maryland — not an Atlanta Hawks game. Sen. Amy Klobuchar then pointed out the apparent confusion between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Atlanta Hawks.
Here’s how the exchange unfolded.
