'You See How This Looks?': Jordan Klepper Dunks On Eric Schmitt's Jack Smith Debacle

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During Senate testimony from former special counsel Jack Smith, Sen. Eric Schmitt confronted him over an alleged inconsistency, claiming Smith was at an Atlanta Hawks game when he said otherwise. Smith clarified he had in fact been at an Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball game, deflating the line of questioning in real time.

Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper mocked the moment on air, highlighting Schmitt's confident demeanor before the correction and panning to a colleague's reaction as the exchange unraveled.

The full dispatch is available from the source below.

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You can tell how much a body wanted a gotcha by how fast the smile falls off their face when it does not land. Mixing up a college game and a pro game is an easy thing to do at the breakfast table, a harder thing to survive doing on national television while accusing someone of lying. The bubble popped exactly on schedule.

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