00:00Did you go to an NBA game between the Golden State Warriors and the Atlanta Hawks on February 3rd, 2024?
00:09I'm sorry, could you say that again?
00:11Did you go to an NBA game between the Golden State Warriors and the Atlanta Hawks on February 3rd, 2024?
00:17I recall going to a University of Maryland basketball game where Caitlin Clark was playing.
00:24Right around that time, and the Marshal Service was there with me.
00:28You could check if that was the exact date.
00:30It was Maryland playing Iowa.
00:33Could it then be that University of Iowa is the Hawkeyes?
00:36Could that be it?
00:37And maybe before we show this kind of thing.
00:42I know, but if he was at an Iowa game, is that correct?
00:46It was because Caitlin Clark was coming to Maryland to play.
00:50I know, but that might be the confusion over the names of the team, but perhaps you should have looked
00:56at it more carefully.
00:57The limited time I have left, I do want to ask you about a couple of things.
01:02Did you go to an NBA game between the Golden State Warriors and the Atlanta Hawks on February 3rd, 2024?
01:12I'm sorry, could you say that again?
01:14Did you go to an NBA game between the Golden State Warriors and the Atlanta Hawks on February 3rd, 2024?
01:21What city would that be in?
01:23Atlanta.
01:24No.
01:24Okay.
01:28So your testimony today is that you did not go to a Hawks game on February 3rd, 2024.
01:33Is that correct?
01:35I have no recollection of that.
01:37Okay.
01:37Is it your testimony that you were not in Atlanta on February 3rd, 2024?
01:44Let me just give you a little context.
01:46Yeah.
01:46The day before Fannie Willis came clean with her affair with the prosecutor, you know the Atlanta prosecutor that was
01:52also trying to get Trump, the next day were you in Atlanta?
01:56I do not believe so.
01:58Okay.
01:58Did you ever go to Atlanta during your time as special counsel?
02:05I really don't think so.
02:07It's possible I flew through the Atlanta airport on the way to Florida, but I do not have a recollection
02:13of going to Atlanta.
02:15I definitely did not go to a Hawks game.
02:18I'm sure of that.
02:19Did you ever meet Nathan Wade or Fannie Willis in your time as special counsel?
02:24No.
02:25What would you say if I had a series of text messages from your team that said you were in
02:29Atlanta at a Warrior Hawks game on February 3rd, 2024, the day after Willis and Wade announced their affair?
02:42I don't think you know that we have this stuff.
02:45So I'll give you a second to process it so you don't, you know, perjure yourself.
02:49You just took it down really quick.
02:51If I could look at that again.
02:53Okay.
02:53Mr. Chairman, can we give the witness a copy so he can see what's being read to him?
02:59Well, I think you've already sufficiently answered.
03:01I want to run through.
03:03We'll put it in a follow-up.
03:04You can respond.
03:05I think you've already perjured yourself.
03:07But did you or your office.
03:11Can we see it?
03:12Can we see it?
03:12Did you or your office seek.
03:14This is my time.
03:15Senator, can we see.
03:16If you want to use your time to criticize my question, go ahead, ranking member.
03:19Did you or your office seek the contents of members of Congress's emails or text messages?
03:30We sought toll record subpoenas that did not contain the content of calls.
03:37I am also aware that we sought White House phones for individuals who are relevant to our investigation.
03:46Government phones in which they had no expectation of privacy.
03:49Let me ask you this way.
03:50Did you seek the content of messages from members of Congress by other means?
03:56Meaning the subpoenas you sent to the other 197 organizations asking for communications from members of Congress?
04:03Because you said you didn't as relates to members of Congress.
04:06But did you do it through another means?
04:08The other 197 subpoenas?
04:11I can't address every subpoena we issued.
04:14What I can say is that I am aware that in the example of Congressman Perry, prosecutors, this is before
04:23I was special counsel, did in fact seek a search warrant and receive judicial authority for a search warrant of
04:30his telephone.
04:30So that definitely happened.
04:32Thank you, Mr. Smith.
04:33In closing, I just want to say in the famous words of the chief of the secret police under Stalin
04:39of show me the man, I'll show you the crime.
04:43You may think you're a hero in this story, but let me tell you something.
04:47You're the villain.
04:48You've done so much damage.
04:50As a former prosecutor, I can say there's so much damage the trust and faith people have in our system.
04:54You have weaponized the Department of Justice against political enemies to an extent that has never happened in the history
05:00of this country.
05:01You will go down as a total dirtbag.
05:05I yield my time.
05:07Mr. Chairman.
05:07Before I call on Senator Klobuchar, without objection, I'll enter into the record emails showing the FBI of all agencies
05:16raised concern with the DOJ that there was a sufficient probable cause to obtain the search warrant at Mar-a
05:25-Lago.
05:25Senator Klobuchar.
05:28Mr. Chairman, then you're going to be able to allow the witness to see this fast poster board that we
05:35saw?
05:35Is that going to be included then so the witness can look at that at some point here before the
05:41hearing's over?
05:42Because we couldn't see what it said.
05:44And I'm a former prosecutor, too, and I have never seen anyone just say, what do you think of this,
05:49and put it down.
05:55We need a copy of the actual text.
05:59Can you give the witness the courtesy of giving him a copy of that?
06:09Can the witness be allowed to comment now that he can see the chart?
06:17Should we maybe give him the chance to look at it and then go back at it so he can
06:21see it?
06:22I think I can address it.
06:22Okay, do you want to, this isn't in my time, but yes, Mr. Smith, please address it.
06:27Just very briefly, and if this is the correct basketball game, I recall going to a University of Maryland basketball
06:37game where Caitlin Clark was playing.
06:40Right around that time, and the Marshal Service was there with me, you could check if that was the exact
06:46date.
06:47It was Maryland playing Iowa, I think, February of 2024.
06:52But again, you could check that out if that's what we're talking about.
06:56University of Iowa.
06:57Is it the Hawkeyes?
06:58Yes.
07:00Could it then be that University of Iowa is the Hawkeyes?
07:04Could that be it?
07:05And maybe before we show this kind of thing, I know, but if he was at an Iowa game, is
07:13that correct?
07:14It was because Caitlin Clark was coming to Maryland to play.
07:17And so we went to the game.
07:18I know, but that might be the confusion over the names of the team, but perhaps you should have looked
07:23at it more carefully.
07:25Whose questioning is this, by the way, Mr. Chairman?
07:28Are you using your time, Senator?
07:30Is this what this is?
07:31Are we just having, like, an open session here?
07:33I will begin my questions.
07:34I'm just in shock that when you are calling a witness a dirtbag and showing him these things.
07:40I presented him with text messages about him wanting to meet with people that could have obviously been related to
07:47the prosecution that was coordinated with his office in Atlanta.
07:51I will, I'm going to begin my questions now, but I think that people should have their facts straight before
07:55they accuse someone of being a dirtbag and not get the teams wrong.
08:00I stand by that statement.
08:02You had the teams wrong, sir.
08:04Mr. Chairman.
08:07Proceed with your question.
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