Testimony on NBA Game Attendance

Did you go to an NBA game between the Golden State Warriors

and the Atlanta Hawks

on February 3rd, 2024?

What city would that be in?

Atlanta.

No.

Okay.

So your testimony today is that you did not go to a Hawks game on

February 3rd, 2024. Is that correct?

I have no recollection of that.

Okay. Is it your testimony that you were not in Atlanta on February 3rd, 2024?

Let me, let me just give you a little context.

Yeah.

The day before, Fani Willis came clean with her affair

with the

prosecutor, you know, the Atlanta prosecutor that

was also trying to get Trump.

The next day were you in Atlanta?

I do not believe so.

Okay. Did you ever go to Atlanta during your

time as Special Counsel?

I, I really don't think so. It's possible I flew through the

Atlanta airport on the way to Florida, but I do not have a recollection

of going to Atlanta. And I, I definitely did not go to a

Hawks game.

Okay.

I'm sure of that.

Did you ever meet Nathan Wade or Fani Willis in your ti-

in your time as Special

Counsel?

No.

What would you say if I had a series of text messages from

your team that said you

were in Atlanta at a Warrior-Hawks game on February 3rd,

2024, the day after Willis and Wade announced their affair?

Y- I don't think you know that we have this stuff.

Yeah.

So I'll give you a second to process it so you don't, you know, perjure yourself.

You just took it down really quick. If I could look at that again?

Okay.

Mr. Chairman, can we give the witness a copy so he can

see what's being read to

him?

Well, I think you've already sufficiently

answered. I wanna, I wanna run through...

We'll, we'll, we'll put it in a follow-up. You can respond. You've...

I think you've already perjured yourself, but,

um,

did you-

Can we, can we at least-

... or your office-

Can we see it? Can we see it?

Did you or your office seek-

Can we see-

This is my time.

Senator, can we see-

If you wanna use your time to criticize my question, go ahead.

In the famous words of the

chief of the secret police under Stalin of, "Show me the man, I'll show

you the crime,"

you may think you're a hero in this story, but let me tell you something.

You're the villain. You've done so much damage.

As a former prosecutor, I can say this, so much damage to the trust and faith

people have in our system. You have weaponized the Department of

Justice against

political enemies to an extent that has never happened in the history of

this

country. You will go down as a total dirtbag.

Should we maybe give him the chance to look at it and then go back at it so he

can

see it?

I think, I think I can address it.

Go to your-

Okay. Do you wanna... This isn't in my time, but yes, Mr.

Smith, please address it.

Just very briefly, and this can...

If, if this is the correct,

um, um, basketball game,

I recall going to a University of Maryland basketball game

where Caitlin Clark was playing,

uh,

right around that time, uh, and the Marshal Service was there with me.

You could check if that was the exact date.

It was Maryland playing Iowa, I think

February of 2024. But again, that's...

You can check that out if that's

what we're talking about.

University of Iowa.

This is the Hawkeyes.

Yes.

Could, could it then be that University of Iowa is the

Hawkeyes? Could that be it? And maybe before we show

this kind of thing... Hmm?

I know, but if he was at an Iowa game. Is that correct?

It, it was because Caitlin Clark was coming to Maryland to play.

Uh-huh.

And so we went to the game.

I know.

I took, I took my-

But that might be the confusion over the names of the team, but perhaps you should

have looked at it more carefully.

Is this... On whose questioning is this, by the way, Mr. Chairman?

Well, it, uh, you are the one that should have-

Is, are you, are you using your time, Senator?

If you-

Is this what this is?

No.

Are we just, are we just having, like, an open session here?

I will begin my questions. I just, I've just been shocked that-

Yeah. Well, I'm glad you're trying to rehabilitate the

witness, but it's not your

time

... when you are calling a witness a dirtbag-

I presented him with text messages-

... and showing him these things-

... about him wanting to meet with people-

Please

... that could have obviously been related to

the prosecution that was-

Regular order, Mr. Chairman

... coordinated with his office in Atlanta.

Okay. Well, I'm gonna begin my questions now,

but I think that people should have

their facts straight-

Oh, we had bonus time around here

... before they accuse someone of being a

dirtbag and not get the teams wrong.

I stand by that statement.

Uh, Klobuchar has the-

Teams, you have the teams wrong, sir

... Senator.

We have confirmed that in fact you were right, Mr. Smith.

Iowa, the Iowa Hawkeyes

played Maryland on February 3rd, 2024.

The final score was 93 to 85, Iowa won,

and Caitlin Clark scored

over, scored 30 points, so it must have been a pretty good game.

The game was in fact in Maryland, Mr. Smith.

And I would just say for a US senator to have false

information and imply, based on a confusion about the

name of a team, which I knew, knowing my Midwestern sports, and

imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that

day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you

a dirtbag, is something that deserves an apology.