Rachel Maddow

What was your reaction overall to the hearing today?

And I hear the melancholy in your voice as you explain that.

I know that the, not just the rule of law, but the Justice Department in particular is a big part of your life and a big part of your understanding about the right way to live in this world and to do right by what this country stands for.

Andrew, all my colleagues want to ask you other questions about this, too.

I have one just quick one that I want to ask you is that it's sort of a political one.

I think that Republicans, a lot of people expected that Republicans thought they might be able to trip up Jack Smith today.

They might be able to get him to violate the court order sealing that all the information about that, the classified documents case.

They might be able to get him on a false statements case.

sort of trap.

They might be able to get him to, you know, inadvertently disclose grand jury information.

Some other thing that they could get him in trouble for.

They could come up with some excuse for giving a referral to the Justice Department, get him prosecuted.

Did they lay any sort of glove on him on any issue like that today?

Yeah, it's almost like somebody found out that there was like a misspelling on your birth certificate, say, or whatever.

That would be, you don't exist.

That's great.

Former FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissman, we really appreciate you being here tonight, Andrew, and always.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

All right, coming into the hearing today, Jack Smith had every reason to expect that Republicans on the committee would try to trip him up, try to muddy him up, certainly, and make his day as miserable as possible.