Rep. Baumgartner Questions Jack Smith on Trump Investigations and Election Timing

Baumgartner's Initial Perspective

• 💡 As a freshman member, Baumgartner initially lacked familiarity with Jack Smith and the investigations.
• 🏠 His personal life, with five young children and limited cable TV, contributed to this lack of awareness.

Views on January 6th and the 2020 Election

• 📉 Baumgartner believes Donald Trump was cruising to re-election in 2019 before COVID-19 and George Floyd's death.
• ✅ He agrees with most Americans that Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
• ⚠️ While calling January 6th a terrible riot, he does not believe it was an insurrection aimed at overthrowing the government.
• 🗣️ He views the January 6th committee as partisan and politically motivated by Nancy Pelosi.

Concerns About Investigation Timing

• ⚖️ Baumgartner sought to find that the investigation was not politically motivated and upheld the rule of law.
• 🎯 However, he was disappointed to find the investigation appeared politically motivated to influence the 2024 election.
• 🗓️ He specifically points to the timing of court cases pushed by Jack Smith as evidence of political motivation, citing the jurisdictions of New York and Florida.
• 🇺🇸 He believes this timing is detrimental to the American republic and the rule of law.

Concluding Analogy

• 🇻🇳 Baumgartner references the Vietnamese city of Bentre, destroyed to be saved, as an analogy for Jack Smith's actions.
• 🏛️ He suggests historians will remember Smith's name in connection with actions that may have destroyed the rule of law.