On September 29, 2026, Schmitt received national attention and criticism for his erroneous line of questioning during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the Smith special counsel investigation into Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.[122][123][124] Schmitt falsely accused the witness, former special counsel Jack Smith, of perjury for denying that he had attended an Atlanta Hawks–Golden State Warriorsbasketball game in Atlanta on February 3, 2024.[122] Schmitt's line of questioning suggested that Smith had been in Atlanta for the purpose of improperly colluding with the election racketeering prosecution of Trump led by Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis.[123] But Smith did not attend the Hawks game; he went to an Iowa Hawkeyes game in Maryland on that date.[124] Schmitt called Smith "a total dirtbag" during the hearing.[122] Schmitt's error has been called "amateur sleuthing",[123] "an embarrassing episode",[124] and "conspiratorial".[123][124]
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