Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans right
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
70/100
Washington Examiner's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
35
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) said he made no mistake when he tried to place former special counsel Jack Smith in Atlanta during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, rejecting the idea that he mixed up an NBA game and a college women’s basketball game.
asserted
he → say → game
During the hearing on Tuesday, Schmitt told Smith he had “a series of text messages” that place him at a “Hawks” game on Feb. 3, 2024.
asserted
that → tell → Feb.
Schmitt suggested the reference meant an Atlanta Hawks NBA game and questioned whether Smith had traveled to Georgia to meet with then-Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
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Smith → suggest → Willis
The attempt fell flat when Smith said the basketball game he recalled attending featured Caitlin Clark in Maryland, not an NBA game in Georgia.
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he → fall → Georgia
Schmitt appeared to have mixed up the Atlanta Hawks NBA team and the University of Iowa’s women’s basketball team, the Hawkeyes.
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Schmitt → appear → Iowa
Schmitt was asked about the exchange following the hearing by TMZ but dismissed the idea that he made a mistake with his line of questioning.
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he → ask → questioning
“There’s not a mistake,” Schmitt said.
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Schmitt → ’ → ?
“I asked him if he was in Atlanta.
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he → ask → Atlanta
The only NBA game going on, actually the only NCAA men’s game or NBA game with a 7:30 tipoff was in Atlanta.
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game → go → Atlanta
So I asked him if he was in Atlanta that night.”
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he → ask → Atlanta
When asked by CNN about the same exchange, Schmitt joked, “Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?”
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Smith → ask → exchange
Atlanta Hawks hosted the Golden State Warriors at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 3, while Iowa played the University of Maryland in College Park at 8 p.m. Smith said Department of Justice records could corroborate his attendance at the Iowa-Maryland game.
The senator from Missouri had cautioned Smith of perjuring himself when asking about the basketball game.
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senator → host → game
Schmitt concluded his questioning about the former counsel’s whereabouts on Feb. 3 by calling Smith a “total dirtbag.”
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Schmitt → conclude → Smith
The distinction became a point of contention during the hearing.
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distinction → become → hearing
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) accused Schmitt of relying on false information to suggest Smith had secretly traveled to Atlanta, saying Schmitt had mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes.
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Schmitt → accuse → Hawks
Klobuchar also addressed Schmitt’s flub after the hearing.
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Klobuchar → address → hearing
“He accused Jack Smith of perjury in the moment and said, ‘Don’t perjure yourself.’
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He → accuse → yourself
And then he ended his questions by calling him a dirtbag,” Klobuchar said.
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Klobuchar → end → him
So my point was, don’t call someone a dirtbag when you don’t have your own facts right.”
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facts → call → someone
The questioning was tied to broader Republican scrutiny of whether Smith’s federal investigation coordinated with Willis’s separate prosecution of President Donald Trump.
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investigation → tie → Trump
Smith testified that he did not meet with Willis or Nathan Wade, the prosecutor who led the Georgia racketeering case against Trump.
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who → testify → Trump
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