US Senate Dems Demand Apology From Chuck Grassley to Jack Smith for Attacks at Hearing
Durbin says Republicans used unshared records to air false accusations against Jack Smith and wants Grassley to release the documents and apologize.
- On Wednesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats led by Ranking Member Dick Durbin demanded an apology from GOP Chair Chuck Grassley after Senator Eric Schmitt falsely accused former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury.
- Schmitt used a poster at last week's hearing to suggest Smith visited Atlanta on February 3, 2024, to meet prosecutors, but Smith was actually in Maryland attending a basketball game featuring Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark.
- Durbin wrote that Republicans violated committee rules by failing to share records in advance, which "caused needless confusion" and "introduced the possibility that false information would be entered uncontested into the record."
- On Thursday, Grassley rejected the apology demand, posting that Smith "should apologize for taking the bank records of 42 Iowans & 4,782 Americans" instead of acknowledging committee misconduct.
- The hearing, titled "Oversight of Jack Smith's Abuse of Authority," follows years of allegations from Grassley that the former special counsel improperly collected phone records of dozens of members of Congress during his investigation of Trump.
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US Senate Dems demand apology from Chuck Grassley to Jack Smith for attacks at hearing • West Virginia Watch
WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee is demanding his colleagues across the aisle apologize to former special counsel Jack Smith after Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt launched false accusations at a recent hearing and called the former Justice Department official a “dirtbag.” Committee ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., accused his […]
Committee Democrats push Grassley for apology, records related to Smith gaffe
Senate Judiciary Democrats demanded that Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) apologize to former special counsel Jack Smith on behalf of the committee, after Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) accused him of perjury based on a mix-up of two sports teams. Schmitt was caught in the embarrassing gaffe last month during the congressional questioning of Smith, when […]
Grassley under the gun over hidden docs behind botched attack on Jack Smith
Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is under fire from Democrats for hiding documents related to former special counsel Jack Smith that led to Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) embarrassing himself in a recent nationally televised hearing.A letter led by ranking member Dick Durbin (D-IL), obtained by Politico, centers on Schmitt, who at a hearing last month suggested Smith secretly attended an NBA game in Atlanta on Feb. 3, 2024, to meet with pr…
Democrats call on Chuck Grassley to apologize to Jack Smith for basketball gaffe
Senate Judiciary Democrats are asking chair Chuck Grassley to apologize to Jack Smith on the behalf of his GOP committee members — especially for Sen. Eric Schmitt, the Missouri Republican who falsely accused Smith of secretly attending an NBA game in Atlanta to conspire with local prosecutors…
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