Jim Jordan

Committee ranking member Democrat Jamie Raskin noted Smith's long career prosecuting all manner of crime.

Smith told the committee he believed the evidence he gathered showed President Trump mishandled classified documents and illegally tried to overturn the 2020 election.

We'll begin today's hearing with opening statements.

Chair is now recognized for an opening statement.

It was always about politics.

And to get President Trump, they were willing to do just about anything.

January 7th, 2023, Kevin McCarthy becomes Speaker of the House.

16 days later, Jack Smith issues a subpoena for his phone records.

Phone records from two years prior for a two-month time frame, Election Day 2020 to January 7th,

Jack Smith and the Biden Justice Department get the phone records of the top Republican in government, the guy second in line to the president.

They know who he called, who called him, when the call took place, and how long it lasted.

You can pattern an individual's life.

They know who the speaker talked to before big votes, who he talked to after big votes, when he calls his colleagues, when he calls his family.

And to add insult to injury,

They go to the judge with the subpoena for a gag order on the carrier.

AT&T, don't tell your customer, the Speaker of the House, that you just gave his phone calls to Jack Smith and Joe Biden.

And here's the kicker.

They say to the court, we need this gag order because he's a flight risk.

Someone might tamper with witnesses or with evidence.

Are you kidding me?