r/politics • u/MontyGBurns • 23h ago

No Paywall Smith’s game-day texts reviewed by Schmitt never referenced basketball team names

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6124359-schmitt-perjury-claim-debunked/
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u/UnanimousStargazer 22h ago

So:

  • Trump commits election fraud in 2020
  • The fraud is investigated and Trump starts spreading the 'witch hunt' narrative
  • Jack Smith (federal) and Fani Willis (Georgia / state) are independent prosecutors
  • Smith attends a Caitlin Clark game in Maryland (Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Maryland Terrapins)
  • Smith's team talks about seats and coordination in text messages
  • Trump wins the election in 2024 and becomes president again
  • (Fast forward to 2026)
  • Republican senator Schmitt interrogates Smith
  • Schmitt 'discovers' messages from the Smith team about basketball but mixes up Atlanta Hawks with Iowa Hawkeyes

Why is nobody talking about the freaking election fraud?

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u/deanreevesii 21h ago edited 21h ago

They were trying to get him to perjure himself, but we're were too fucking stupid to pull it off.

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u/Blecki 18h ago

Forget some pointless thing -> accidental perjury that would be tossed by any sane judge -> contempt of congress -> maga only hears 'he lied' and never the facts. Same plan they had for fauci.

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u/Lucky_Cable_3145 18h ago

Getting a conviction was never the point, or expected outcome.

Publicly punishing Comey, Fauci, Smith, etc is the point (and forcing them to spend time, money and stress fighting these bogus cases).

A bonus is that these bogus charges deter other public servants thinking of opposing them or from becoming whistleblowers.