John Bickley

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I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe.

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Mr. Smith, at the time you secured those nondisclosure orders, was Speaker McCarthy a flight risk?

The nondisclosure order was based on concerns about- Was Speaker McCarthy a flight risk?

He was not.

He was not.

And you were using clearly false information to secure a nondisclosure order to hide from Speaker McCarthy and from the American people the fact that you were spying on his toll records.

We know you gave $20,000 to someone.

It just got reported last week.

My recollection regards the $20,000, which was not a payment from me.

It was me approving a payment by the FBI to a confidential human source.