Jack Smith

He asked, he suggested a witness should be put to death.

The courts found that those sort of statements not only deter witnesses who've come forward, they deter witnesses who have yet to come forward.

But you weren't able to identify a single witness who didn't come forward because they were intimidated by President Trump.

we had extremely thorough evidence that his statements were having an effect on the proceedings that is not permitted in any court of law in the United States.

Trump has said that you, Mr. Smith, should be investigated and put in prison.

How do you think that these statements have impacted you, your staff, and your investigations?

With respect to me, I think the reports, I'm sorry, the statements are meant to intimidate me.

I will not be intimidated.

I think these statements are also made as a warning to others what will happen if they stand up.

And I am, as I say, I'm not going to be intimidated.

We did our work pursuant to department policy.

We followed the facts and we followed the law.

And that process resulted in proof beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed serious crimes.

I'm not going to pretend that didn't happen because he's threatening me.

And Mr. Smith, do you believe that President Trump's Department of Justice will find some way to indict you?

I believe they will do everything in their power to do that because they've been ordered to by the president.

Chris?

Yeah, I, like Nicole, also felt like I was watching this human embodiment of all that's been lost and all that is crucial and central to really the entire functioning of American democracy, like this kind of a person who's a serious, smart, capable person devoted to public service who is doing their work without fear or favor, which they really want to destroy.

I mean, they're quite explicit about that, right?

They want to turn it into...