Jack Smith FIRES BACK at Republicans With Blunt Hearing Testimony! — Trump, GOP

[0:00] been rebuked repeatedly by the 11th circuit because she is completely lawless. But let's go [0:08] back to the actual evidence rather than all the procedural stuff about when you were sworn in or [0:13] not. I don't blame you for not remembering that. You've been probably sworn in a dozen times, [0:18] doesn't jump out at you. I want to go back to the evidence though that Donald Trump knew that he was [0:26] lying about the election. And I'd ask you to say, if you could, specifically who gave evidence to you [0:34] that supported your conclusion that he knew that he was lying? That came from a number of sources. [0:45] It came from staff in the White House who talked to him and told him that his fraud claims were not [0:53] true. It came from staff on his campaign who told him that. It came from members of the Department [0:59] of Justice. It came from state officials who, when he tried to press them to do things in contravention [1:10] of their oath, they refused to. They asked him for evidence and his co-conspirators and they never [1:15] provided it. Over and over again, the people who had the best, who were best situated to know how the [1:24] elections were conducted in these states, he either avoided contacting them or disregarded the clear [1:32] debunkings that were provided to him, such as by the Georgia Secretary of State. Right. And I mean, [1:38] that's a lot of evidence, but we know that his attorney general at the time also concluded, quote, [1:47] he knew well that he lost the election, Bill Barr. And yet he incited a riot on January 6th. [1:54] And four of the brave officers who defended the Capitol and defended the, my colleagues on the other [2:00] side of the aisle are here today. Not a single Republican member of this committee has recognized [2:08] them or thanked them for their service. And I would like to do so today. Thank you, gentlemen. [2:15] Now, my colleague from California referred to a couple statements from your former colleagues in [2:21] Penn and the Eastern District about your impeccable reputation as an apolitical career politician. [2:29] As an alum of the Southern District of New York myself, I can tell you that many of my former [2:34] colleagues also feel the same. And that's saying something coming from the SDNY to the EDNY, as you [2:40] know. Mr. Smith, did you ever speak to President Biden about this case? Never. Did you ever receive [2:50] orders or direction from President Biden or anyone else in the White House about this case? No. Did you [2:59] ever receive any direction from the Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding how you should, whether or [3:07] not you should charge this case? No. I was given the independence to make that decision on my own. [3:13] An independent special counsel. Exactly. I just want to point out to my colleagues who seem to think [3:19] this is a politicized investigation that on February 10th, over a month, just 2021, over a month after [3:27] January 6th, Marco Rubio said the January 6th attack on the Capitol was far more dangerous than most [3:36] realize. And we have a criminal justice system in place to address it. Who oversaw the Department of [3:45] Justice on February 10th, 2021? Who was president? February 10th, 2021. That would be Joe Biden. [3:59] So Marco Rubio wanted Joe Biden's Department of Justice to investigate Donald Trump and his January [4:07] 6th insurrectionist. I want to ask you in my last few seconds, Mr. Smith, you're not the first special [4:16] counsel to investigate Donald Trump. Special counsel Mueller, also of impeccable integrity, concluded that [4:22] the 2016 Trump campaign welcomed foreign interference from Russia and used it to help them. Donald Trump [4:31] has made it a litmus test to be hired in this administration to say that the 2020 election was [4:40] fraudulent, even though, as you have established, it was not. And now there are senior officials in [4:46] this government who are responsible for protecting our elections who have our election deniers. Can you [4:55] describe in a few seconds what your concerns are about the upcoming election based on your [5:01] investigation and what we know today? I believe political litmus tests are not proper for career [5:10] prosecutors. I think my experience over 30 years as a prosecutor in the Department of Justice [5:16] Justice is having people who are not guided by party allegiance, but guided by experience. [5:23] That's how you can trust the criminal justice system. It's the same way with our election system. [5:28] Gentleman's time is expired. Thank you. I yield back. Gentleman yields back. Gentleman from Wisconsin [5:32] is recognized. Yeah. First of all, just a couple of comments. There are probably 10 people on this [5:39] committee who have more conversations with 10, 15 people on this committee who have more conversations [5:43] with Donald Trump than myself. But anybody who says that Donald Trump thought he won that election, [5:49] that is just plain not true. No way, unless he's the best actor in the history of this building. [6:00] We agree. Did Donald Trump believe? Order. Order. Donald Trump did not believe he lost that election. [6:10] He just did. No way. And I think on January 6th, I think, I can't believe there were any congressmen [6:20] here who didn't think Joe Biden was going to be sworn as president. So this was, it was a riot, [6:25] but it wasn't a threat to the future of the republic. Okay. Now we should have posted up here [6:34] a document for you to look at. Here we are. Okay. This is something we received with regard to [6:42] Arctic Frost. It's a list of about 70 names. I don't know whether or not you're familiar with [6:48] the document. I don't believe I'm familiar with this document. Okay. The document contains just [6:59] about every person who was higher up in the Donald Trump campaign. There's a little more emphasis on [7:05] here on people involved in Wisconsin, but you're not familiar with the document. I'm sorry, sir. What [7:13] was your question? Are you, would you know what was in this document? These names, you're familiar [7:19] with them at all? Um, they're under the impression that most of these people, maybe almost all of them [7:30] were subpoenaed by you at some time or other. That helps you? Uh, some of these names I, I am familiar [7:37] with, uh, others I'm not familiar with, or I don't recall as I sit here now. Okay. We'll eventually [7:43] submit another, uh, question for you on this later on. Um, from the time you were appointed as special [7:50] counsel to your resignation on January, in January, 2025, did you ever con have contact with the January [7:58] 6th select committee? Uh, I did not personally. When I became special counsel, I directed, uh, my deputy [8:08] to, uh, uh, ask the select committee to provide us whatever evidence they would provide us. Uh, [8:16] so you directed people to have direct contact? I directed, uh, my deputy to make contact to, [8:21] uh, collect evidence from them. And that's JP Cooney? JP Cooney, my deputy, correct. Okay. Did [8:27] you have any concern that the evidence collected by the partisan select committee would be in any way [8:33] tainted by politics? I apologize, sir. I just couldn't hear you because of the door. I'm sorry, [8:38] we had people, uh, going through here. Did you have any concern that the evidence collected by the [8:43] partisan select committee would be in any way tainted by politics? Uh, I intended to conduct an [8:49] independent investigation and my goal was to collect the evidence, assess it, and consider it [8:54] with all the other evidence we would collect and make an independent determination, uh, in my [9:00] investigation, separate from that investigation. I'm going to go back and ask you something on that [9:03] one before because I, I think I know the answer. There's a person on that list by the name of Vicki [9:10] McKenna, who we believe did have, uh, her records subpoenaed. Are you familiar with that name at all? [9:19] Uh, as I sit here right now, I am not familiar with that name. Okay. Thank you. Um, with regard to, um, [9:29] part of the documents that you received was with regard to Cassidy, Cassidy Hutchison, right? Uh, we, [9:37] we requested that they give us everything, uh, they were willing to give us. As I sit here now, [9:42] I don't recall if specifically her information was in there, but I, I'm not denying that it was. It may [9:48] well have been. Okay. Uh, we'll go back. Your team issued subpoenas to various financial institutions, [9:55] telecommunications providers, and conservative entities, uh, requesting communications between [10:00] them and President Trump's campaign, right? Uh, we did issue, uh, subpoenas for various sorts of [10:07] information. Correct. Okay. And the bank records you would say, or we could describe were fairly broad, [10:13] the request. Uh, we, uh, issued, uh, subpoenas for certain bank records as part of our investigation. [10:22] Yes. Okay. Shortly after you're appointed, you issued subpoenas to state and local officials [10:27] for their communications with President Trump. Is that correct? Uh, and his campaign. Uh, I, as I sit [10:35] here now, I'm trying to recall specifically, uh, which officials, but I know we issued a number of [10:41] subpoenas in our investigation to understand the communications between President Trump and, uh, [10:48] various entities, including, uh, state officials. One final question. One quick final question. [10:54] Uh, yeah. Do you really believe that President Trump thinks he lost that election? Yes. Uh, our investigation, [11:04] following the facts and the law, uh, determined that... No way. Thank you. That's enough.