Jack Smith SHUTS DOWN Kennedy's Attempts to Corner Him in HEATED Trump Hearing

[0:00] Watch this moment closely. [0:01] Senator John Kennedy tries to trap Jack Smith by yelling, [0:05] were there any Democrats whose phone records you sought? [0:08] Just Republicans, right? [0:09] And Smith drops the hammer with one calm, lethal truth. [0:13] If President Trump had reached out to Democrats. [0:16] The toll records that we sought were relevant to the investigation. [0:20] And they were Republicans. [0:22] That single sentence completely humiliated the GOP narrative. [0:26] It exposed that they weren't being targeted because they were Republicans. [0:30] They showed up in the subpoenas because they were the ones on the phone with [0:33] Donald Trump during an attempt to subvert an election. [0:37] Stay tuned to the end of this five minute breakdown so we can [0:39] really unpack what this reveals about the state of our country. [0:42] Senator Kennedy, you're up now. [0:48] Are you ready? If you aren't, go ahead. [1:04] Mr. Smith, you were pretty well known around Washington even before you decided to [1:15] prosecute President Trump, weren't you? [1:17] Mr. Smith, I would say a number of people in the Justice Department knew me. [1:24] I don't know about Washington, D.C. [1:26] Mr. Smith, what does the word arrogant mean? [1:34] Mr. Smith, I suppose it means that you feel full of yourself, that sort of thing. [1:43] Yeah, would you pull that mic closer too? [1:45] Mr. Smith, sorry. Is that better? [1:48] Mr. Smith, what does the word self-righteous mean? [1:55] Mr. Smith, I think it's pretty similar to arrogant. [2:00] Mr. Smith, have you ever heard the expression, often wrong but never in doubt? [2:09] Mr. Smith, I don't believe I have. [2:13] Mr. Smith, you haven't? [2:14] Mr. Smith, you used to work for the International Criminal Court, did you? [2:25] Mr. Smith, yes, I did. [2:27] Mr. Smith, is that a worthy organization in your opinion? [2:33] Mr. Smith, I believe the mission of the International Criminal Court is a worthy one. [2:40] I think it's had numerous challenges and numerous problems over the years, but I think the idea [2:47] of that no one should be above the law and that we should apply that principle around the world, [2:51] I think that's a good one we should aspire to. [2:53] Mr. Smith, and that would be the same International Criminal Court that has threatened to [3:01] prosecute American soldiers, is that right? [3:03] Mr. Smith, I am not aware of a single American soldier ever being prosecuted by the International Criminal Court. [3:12] I didn't say they'd been prosecuted, I said they'd been threatened. [3:15] Mr. I can tell you during my time at the court, which was a short period of time, [3:20] it was about a year and a half, I don't recall any threats to prosecute American soldiers, I don't. [3:27] Mr. You don't get around much, do you? When President Trump defeated Secretary Clinton, [3:40] you were bitterly disappointed, weren't you? [3:43] Mr. I don't recall that. [3:48] You don't recall it all? Mrs. Smith was, wasn't she? [3:57] I'm not going to talk about my family. What I can share is that I accepted a position [4:02] in the Trump administration as the acting U.S. Attorney in Tennessee after that election, [4:08] and then I accepted a second position in the Trump administration as a war crimes prosecutor. [4:13] Mr. Your spouse, it's certainly her right, I'm not being critical, is an ardent supporter of President and [4:22] First Lady Obama, is that right? [4:24] Mr. I'm not going to talk about my family here today, I'm here to talk about my work as special [4:32] counsel. [4:32] Mr. In fact, she made a glowing, saccharine, sweet documentary about First Lady Obama, didn't she, [4:42] that she sold to Netflix? [4:44] Mr. I'm not going to speak about my family here today. I'm happy, though, [4:51] to answer any questions you have about my actual work as special counsel. [4:54] Mr. You asked General Garland to appoint you special counsel, didn't you? [5:05] Mr. I don't think that's accurate. He made the decision to appoint me. [5:13] Mr. In fact, you had people call General Garland to lobby him to appoint you, didn't you? [5:20] Mr. I don't recall anything like that. [5:26] Mr. You really wanted to be special counsel, didn't you? [5:31] Mr. I accepted the position as special counsel because I had spent 30 years as a nonpartisan [5:40] prosecutor. I had investigated every sort of criminal case you could possibly imagine, [5:46] and I thought I was qualified to do the job. I knew that I would do it independently, [5:52] and I would conduct it the same way whether a Republican or a Democrat. [5:56] Mr. You really wanted President Biden to be reelected, didn't you? [6:01] Mr. I have no views about that. My job as a prosecutor was to enforce the law. I wanted to [6:13] prosecute our case. That's absolutely true because I felt that we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt [6:19] that Donald Trump committed incredibly serious crimes, and I didn't want those- [6:22] Mr. I got that part. I got that part. [6:24] Mr. When you decided to prosecute President Trump, you told General Garland, is that right? [6:38] Mr. There were two separate decisions, one in the classified documents case, [6:45] and one in the elections case. In both instances, once I determined- [6:50] Mr. I'm sorry, Counselor, I don't mean to be rude, but you know I've got only 10 minutes, [6:54] so, and you've been around. Please don't filibuster me. It's a simple question. Did you tell [7:01] the Attorney General of the United States that you were going to prosecute the former President [7:06] of the United States? Mr. I did so twice. [7:09] Mr. Okay. And the Attorney General checked with President Biden. Is that right? [7:17] Mr. I have absolutely no idea. [7:21] Mr. Well, you know General Garland, right? [7:25] Mr. I know Attorney General Garland in a professional- [7:30] Mr. Is he a smart guy? [7:32] Mr. I know him in a professional setting, and in that setting, I found him to be- [7:37] Mr. Is he an experienced guy? [7:38] Mr. In a professional setting, I found him to be experienced and intelligent. [7:43] Mr. Is he a dummy? [7:44] Mr. That was not my experience. [7:49] Mr. Yeah, mine neither. So, you're telling me that you're about to prosecute [7:59] a former President of the United States, first time in history. Not only that, you're about to [8:07] to prosecute a former President of the United States, who's also the current opponent of Judge [8:15] Garland's boss. And you told Judge Garland, here's what I'm about to do. And you don't think he [8:25] checked with President Biden to see if it was okay? [8:30] Mr. I have no idea what he did. My job as a prosecutor on the special counsel regulations [8:37] was to make an independent decision. And Attorney General Garland could have countermanded that decision. [8:42] Mr. Yeah. [8:43] Mr. But I made that decision on my own, consulting with my staff and reviewing [8:48] the incredibly strong evidence that we had accumulated. [8:51] Mr. In fact, President Biden and or his White House staff told General Garland to prosecute the [8:59] President, didn't they? [9:00] Mr. Again, I have no idea about that. What my job was was to make it- [9:05] Mr. Don't know anything about that. Do you believe in the tooth fairy? [9:08] Mr. I do not. [9:11] Mr. How about the Easter Bunny? [9:13] Mr. I no longer believe in the Easter Bunny. [9:17] Mr. Do you think Jimmy Hoffa died of natural causes? [9:20] Mr. I do not. [9:25] Mr. Now, you sought the phone records of a bunch of U.S. Senators, right? [9:31] Mr. We sought the toll records, non-content records. [9:39] Mr. Any Democrats or just Republicans? [9:42] Mr. If President Trump had reached out to Democrats to further- [9:47] Mr. Yeah, but I'm just trying to get the facts. Were there any Democrats he sought their phone records? [9:51] Just Republicans, right? [9:52] Mr. The toll records that we sought were relevant to the investigation, and they were Republicans. [9:59] Mr. I'm asking you. You're stalking me again, Counselor. You know that. You sought just the [10:06] records of the Republicans, and you knew that violated the speech and debate cause, didn't you? [10:12] Mr. That is incorrect. We sought to comply with that. [10:16] Mr. Did you take Con Law? [10:18] Mr. I'm sorry, Senator. [10:21] Mr. Were you in the quad playing Frisbee during Con Law at Harvard Law School? [10:27] Mr. I did take Constitutional Law, yes. [10:30] Mr. Well, then you had to know it violated the speech and debate clause. [10:34] In fact, when you went to Judge Boasburg, you didn't even tell him you were seeking the phone [10:42] records of members of Congress, did you? Because you knew he wouldn't agree. He would say, [10:49] hey, Counselor, anybody who knows a law book from a J. Crew catalog knows that this violates [10:55] the Constitution. But you didn't tell him, did you? [10:58] Mr. We sought non-disclosure orders from- [11:03] You didn't tell him, did you? [11:04] Mr. In seeking non-disclosure orders, we did not disclose- [11:08] You didn't tell him, but you're unbiased. You have no personal feelings. You make me [11:18] want to throw up in my mouth. [11:19] Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman. [11:24] As an American who follows politics not as sport, but as the foundation of our daily lives, [11:30] this hearing hit hard. What you are witnessing here is a dangerous collision between two completely [11:36] different versions of America. On one side, you have John Kennedy, an Oxford-educated lawyer, [11:42] who deliberately puts on a folksy, folks-back-home routine to generate algorithm bait for cable [11:47] news. Before this clip even started, Republicans hauled Jack Smith before the Senate Judiciary [11:53] Committee to execute a political hit job. Their entire game plan was to convince everyday citizens [11:59] that the Department of Justice is corrupt, that Jack Smith is a secret operative for Joe Biden, [12:03] and that Donald Trump was somehow an innocent victim of a federal vendetta. [12:07] When Kennedy couldn't land a single punch on the law, he stooped to attacking Smith's family, [12:13] bringing up his wife's independent film career, and mocking him about the Easter Bunny. [12:18] That isn't congressional oversight. That's desperation. [12:22] And on the other side, you have Jack Smith. Why does his narrative ring true to regular Americans? [12:28] Because Smith isn't playing politics. He spent over three decades taking on violent street gangs, [12:34] dirty public officials from both parties, and actual war criminals at The Hague. [12:38] He even served inside Donald Trump's own Department of Justice. When Smith sat in that chair, [12:44] he refused to take the bait. Because real prosecutors don't care about red or blue. [12:49] They care about evidence. Kennedy thought he had a gotcha moment over the speech or debate clause [12:54] and phone records. But Smith exposed the game right then and there. Toll records aren't wiretaps. [13:01] They're call logs. A prosecutor can't ignore phone calls to Capitol Hill during a national crisis [13:07] just because the people picking up the phone belong to the president's party. The reason ordinary [13:12] Americans are exhausted right now is because politicians keep asking us to ignore our own eyes [13:17] and treat the pursuit of truth as an act of treason. Here is the honest bottom line. A democracy [13:23] cannot survive when lawmakers use committee hearings as public relations defense teams for criminal [13:29] defendants. Kennedy walked in looking for a theatrical soundbite. But Jack Smith showed [13:34] America what actual backbone, preparation, and fidelity to the Constitution look like. [13:41] Now, regarding your support ticket from yesterday, I completely understand how frustrating that duplicate [13:47] billing error was. The good news is I've already submitted and confirmed a full refund on your behalf, [13:54] so you'll see those funds back in your account within three business days.