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?
00:19What city would that be in?
00:20Atlanta.
00:21No.
00:22Okay.
00:25So your testimony today is that you did not go to a Hawks game on February 3rd, 2024.
00:31Is that correct?
00:33I have no recollection of that.
00:34Okay.
00:35Is it your testimony that you were not in Atlanta on February 3rd, 2024?
00:42Let me just give you a little context.
00:43The day before Fannie Willis came clean with her affair with the prosecutor, you know, the Atlanta prosecutor that was
00:49also trying to get Trump.
00:50The next day, were you in Atlanta?
00:53I do not believe so.
00:55Okay.
00:55Did you ever go to Atlanta during your time as special counsel?
01:02I really don't think so.
01:04It's possible I flew through the Atlanta airport on the way to Florida, but I do not have a recollection
01:10of going to Atlanta.
01:13I definitely did not go to a Hawks game.
01:15I'm sure of that.
01:16Did you ever meet Nathan Wade or Fannie Willis in your time as special counsel?
01:22No.
01:22What would you say if I had a series of text messages from your team that said you were in
01:27Atlanta at a Warrior Hawks game on February 3rd, 2024, the day after Willis and Wade announced their affair?
01:39I don't think you know that we have this stuff, so I'll give you a second to process it so
01:44you don't, you know, perjure yourself.
01:46You just took it down really quick.
01:48If I could look at that again.
01:50Okay.
01:50Mr. Chairman, can we give the witness a copy so he can see what's being read to him?
01:56Well, I think you've already sufficiently answered.
01:58I want to run through.
02:00We'll put it in a follow-up.
02:02You can respond.
02:02I think you've already perjured yourself.
02:04But did you or your office.
02:08Can we see it?
02:09Can we see it?
02:10Did you or your office seek.
02:12This is my time.
02:12Senator, can we see.
02:13If you want to use your time to criticize my question, go ahead, ranking member.
02:16Did you or your office seek the contents of members of Congress's e-mails or text messages?
02:28We sought toll record subpoenas that did not contain the content of calls.
02:34I am also aware that we sought White House phones for individuals who are relevant to our investigation.
02:43Government phones in which they had no expectation.
02:46Let me ask you this way.
02:48Did you seek the content of messages from members of Congress by other means,
02:53meaning the subpoenas you sent to the other 197 organizations asking for communications from members of Congress?
03:01Because you've said you didn't as relates to members of Congress.
03:03But did you do it through another means, the other 197 subpoenas?
03:08I can't address every subpoena we issued.
03:12What I can say is that I am aware that in the example of Congressman Perry, prosecutors, this is before
03:20I was special counsel,
03:21did in fact seek a search warrant and receive judicial authority for a search warrant of his telephone.
03:28So that definitely happened.
03:29Thank you, Mr. Smith.
03:30In closing, I just want to say, in the famous words of the chief of the secret police under Stalin
03:37of show me the man, I'll show you the crime.
03:40You may think you're a hero in this story, but let me tell you something.
03:44You're the villain.
03:45You've done so much damage.
03:47As a former prosecutor, I can say there's so much damage the trust and faith people have in our system.
03:52You have weaponized the Department of Justice against political enemies to an extent that has never happened in the history
03:57of this country.
03:58You will go down as a total dirtbag.
04:02I yield my time.
04:04Mr. Chairman.
04:04Before I call on Senator Klobuchar, without objection, I'll enter into the record emails showing the FBI of all agencies
04:13raised concern with the DOJ
04:15that there was a sufficient probable cause to obtain the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago.
04:23Senator Klobuchar.
04:25Mr. Chairman, then you're going to be able to allow the witness to see this fast poster board that we
04:32saw?
04:32Is that going to be included then so the witness can look at that at some point here before the
04:39hearing's over?
04:39Because we couldn't see what it said.
04:41And I'm a former prosecutor, too, and I have never seen anyone just say,
04:45what do you think of this, and put it down.
04:52We need a copy of the actual text.
04:56Can you give the witness the courtesy of giving them a copy of that?
05:02I would love to give him the first acceptance, so I'm happy.
05:06Can the witness be allowed to comment now that he can see the chart?
05:14Should we maybe give him the chance to look at it and then go back at it so he can
05:18see it?
05:19I think I can address it.
05:20Okay, do you want to, this isn't in my time, but yes, Mr. Smith, please address it.
05:24Just very briefly, if this is the correct basketball game, I recall going to a University of Maryland basketball game
05:35where Caitlin Clark was playing.
05:38Right around that time, and the Marshal Service was there with me.
05:42You could check if that was the exact date.
05:44It was Maryland playing Iowa, I think February of 2024.
05:49But again, you could check that out if that's what we're talking about.
05:57Could it then be that University of Iowa's the Hawkeyes?
06:01Could that be it?
06:02And maybe before we show this kind of thing.
06:07I know, but if he was at an Iowa game, is that correct?
06:11It was because Caitlin Clark was coming to Maryland to play.
06:15I know, but that might be the confusion over the names of the team, but perhaps you should have looked
06:21at it more carefully.
06:23Who's questioning is this, by the way, Mr. Chairman?
06:25Are you using your time, Senator?
06:27Is this what this is?
06:28Are we just having like an open session here?
06:31I will begin my questions.
06:31I'm just in shock that when you are calling a witness a dirtbag and showing him these things.
06:37I presented him with text messages about him wanting to meet with people that could have obviously been related to
06:45the prosecution that was coordinated with his office in Atlanta.
06:48Okay, well, I'm going to begin my questions now, but I think that people should have their back straight before
06:53they accuse someone of being a dirtbag and not get the teams wrong.
06:57I stand by that statement.
06:59Teams, you had the teams wrong, sir.
07:01Senator Klobuchar has the floor.
07:04Proceed with your questions.
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