Jack Smith Teaches Kennedy Real US Law In 10 Min, Expertly Shuts Down Bids To Corner Him — Trump

[0:00] Mr. Smith, you were pretty well known around Washington, even before you decided to prosecute [0:12] President Trump, weren't you? And aren't you? I would say a number of people in the Justice [0:19] Department knew me. I don't know about Washington, D.C. What does the word arrogant mean? [0:34] I suppose it means that you're full of feel full of yourself, that sort of thing. [0:39] Would you pull that mic closer to you? Sorry. Is that better? [0:44] Yeah. What what does the word self-righteous mean? [0:54] I think it's pretty similar to arrogant. Have you ever heard the expression often wrong, [1:04] but never in doubt? I don't believe I have. [1:09] You have? You used to work for the International Criminal Court, did you? [1:23] Yes, I did. Is that a is that a worthy organization, in your opinion? [1:29] I believe the mission of the International Criminal Court is a worthy one. I think it's had [1:37] numerous challenges and numerous problems over the years. But I think the idea of that that no one [1:44] should be above the law and that we should apply that principle around the world, I think that's a [1:48] good one we should aspire to. And that would be the same International Criminal Court that has [1:55] threatened to prosecute American soldiers. Is that right? [1:59] I am not aware of a single American soldier ever being prosecuted by the International Criminal [2:08] Court. I didn't say they'd been prosecuted. I said they'd been threatened. [2:10] I can tell you during my time at the court, which was a short period of time, it was about a year and a [2:17] half. Yeah. I don't recall any threats to prosecute American soldiers. I don't. You don't get around [2:24] much, do you? When President Trump defeated Secretary Clinton, you were bitterly disappointed, [2:38] weren't you? I don't recall that. You don't recall at all? Mrs. Smith was, wasn't she? [2:53] I'm not going to talk about my family. What I can share is that I accepted a position in the Trump [2:59] administration as the acting U.S. attorney in Tennessee after that election. And then I accepted a second [3:05] position in the Trump administration as a war crimes prosecutor. Your spouse, it's certainly her right, [3:13] I'm not being critical, is an ardent supporter of President and First Lady Obama. Is that right? [3:20] I'm not going to talk about my family here today. I'm here to talk about my work as special counsel. [3:28] In fact, she made a glowing saccharine sweet documentary about First Lady Obama, didn't she? [3:38] That she sold to Netflix? I'm not going to speak about my family here today. I'm happy, [3:47] though, to answer any questions you have about my actual work as special counsel. [3:55] You asked General Garland to appoint you special counsel, didn't you? [4:05] I don't think that's accurate. He made the decision to appoint me. [4:10] In fact, you had people call General Garland to lobby him to appoint you, didn't you? [4:20] I don't recall anything like that. You really wanted to be special counsel, didn't you? [4:31] I accepted the position as special counsel because I had spent 30 years as a nonpartisan prosecutor. [4:38] I had investigated every sort of criminal case you could possibly imagine, and I thought I was [4:43] qualified to do the job. I knew that I would do it independently and I would conduct it the same way, [4:49] whether a Republican or a Democrat. You really wanted President Biden to be reelected, didn't you? [4:58] I have no views about that. My job as a prosecutor was to enforce the law. I wanted to prosecute our [5:09] case. That's absolutely true because I felt that we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Donald [5:15] Trump committed incredibly serious crimes. I got that part. When you decided to prosecute President [5:25] Trump, you told Judge, you told General Garland, is that right? There were two separate decisions, [5:39] one in the classified documents case and one in the elections case. In both instances, once I [5:45] determined. I'm sorry, Councillor, I don't mean to be rude, but you know I've got only 10 minutes. So [5:51] and you're you've been around. Don't please don't filibuster me. It's a simple question. Did you tell [5:57] the attorney general of the United States that you were going to prosecute the former president of the [6:02] United States? I did so twice. Okay. And and and and the attorney general [6:11] checked with President Biden. Is that right? I have absolutely no idea. Well, you know, [6:20] General Garland, right? I know Attorney General Garland in a professional. Is he a smart guy? [6:28] I know him in a professional setting. And in that setting, I found him. Is he an experienced guy? [6:35] In a professional setting, I found him to be experienced and intelligent. Is he a dummy? [6:40] That was not my experience. Yeah, mine neither. So you're telling me that you're about to prosecute [6:55] a former president of the United States. First time in history. Not only that, you're about [7:01] to prosecute a former president of the United States, who's also the current opponent of Judge [7:11] Garland's boss. And you told Judge Garland, here's what I'm about to do. And and you you don't think [7:21] he checked with President Biden to see if it was okay? I have no idea what he did. My job as a [7:30] prosecutor on the special counsel regulations was to make an independent decision. And and Attorney [7:36] General Garland could have countermanded that decision. Yeah. But I made that decision on my [7:41] own, consulting with my staff and reviewing the incredibly strong evidence that we had accumulated. [7:47] In fact, President Biden and or his White House staff told told General Garland to prosecute the [7:55] president, didn't they? Again, I have no idea about that. What my job was. Don't know anything about that. [8:02] Do you believe in the tooth fairy? I do not. How about how about the Easter Bunny? I no longer [8:12] believe in the Easter Bunny. Yes. Do you think Jimmy Hoffa died of natural causes? I do not. [8:21] Now you you you sought the phone records of a bunch of US senators, right? We sought the toll records, [8:34] non content records. Any any any Democrats or just Republicans? If President Trump had reached out to [8:42] Democrats. Yeah, but I'm just trying to get the facts. Were there any Democrats who sought their [8:46] phone records? Just Republicans, right? The toll the toll records that we sought were relevant to [8:53] the investigation and they were Republicans. I'm asking you. You're stalking me again, [8:58] Counselor. You know that. You sought just the records of the Republicans. And you knew that violated [9:06] the speech and debate cause, didn't you? That is incorrect. We sought to comply with that. Did you take [9:13] con law? I'm sorry, Senator. Were you in the quad playing Frisbee during con law at Harvard Law School? [9:25] I did take constitutional law. Yes. Well, then you had to know it violated the speech and debate clause. [9:30] In fact, when when you went to Judge Boasberg, you didn't even tell him you were seeking the phone [9:38] records of members of Congress, did you? Because you knew he wouldn't agree. He would he would say, [9:45] hey, Counselor, anybody who knows a law book from a J. Crew catalog knows that this violates the [9:51] Constitution. But you didn't tell him, did you? We sought nondisclosure orders from. You didn't [9:59] tell him, did you? In seeking nondisclosure orders, we did not. You didn't tell him, but you're unbiased. [10:08] You have no personal feelings. You make me want to throw up in my mouth.