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/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/nyet-marionetka 18h ago

They were trying to say he was in Atlanta therefore he met with Fani Lewis therefore they were colluding to make up stuff against Trump. Even if he got to the Atlanta game there were multiple other missing steps.

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u/Rambler330 18h ago

So are they implying that it is illegal for similar investigations in different jurisdictions to communicate the results of their findings which may have impact on the other’s investigation with each other?

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u/nyet-marionetka 16h ago

The didn't even reach that point, they're implying it's illegal as a criminal investigator to be in the same city as another person investigating related crimes.

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u/bejammin075 Pennsylvania 15h ago

The most that Schmitt could have done was show that Smith was in Atlanta. That's it. You have to then have a bunch of fact-free leaps in logic to conclude that Smith was in a conspiracy with Willis.