Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) is facing accusations he tried to launch a conspiracy tying former special counsel Jack Smith to others who prosecuted President Trump — a line of questioning that unwound when the senator apparently confused two basketball teams.

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“Somebody didn’t do their homework,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told The Hill.

“I’m a trial lawyer by profession. You get it right, or don’t do it.”

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    They saw Hawks and stopped paying attention. Didn’t matter if it was in a different state, played by a different gender, and totally different level. But close enough.

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    He. Does. Not. Care.

    The sound bite is out there and the MAGATs will eat it up, regardless of how blatant and slanderous a lie it was.

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      I don’t think this went the way he thought it was going to go. He’s gone viral, but not the way he wanted. He looks like a complete and utter imbecile