Rep. Biggs Questions Jack Smith on Trump Investigations and Conspiracy Charges

Conspiracy Charges and Co-Conspirators

• 🎯 Federal criminal conspiracy charges require an agreement between two or more individuals.
• ❓ Jack Smith confirmed that when charging President Trump with conspiracy, his team identified specific individuals as co-conspirators but did not indict them.
• ⚖️ Smith stated that charging some members of a conspiracy while not charging others is not an uncommon practice in investigations.

Actions Related to Electors and Decertification

• ✅ It is not a crime for a member of Congress to move to decertify a state's electors or for an elected official to urge others to join in such a decertification effort.
• 💬 Discussing decertification over breakfast or at other times is also not a crime.

False Statements and Lawful Government Functions

• ⚠️ Jack Smith stated in a deposition that an elected official who has lost an election could not knowingly make false statements about election fraud to target a lawful government function.
• 🏛️ Smith clarified that for him, the lawful government function includes the entire certification process, from the state level to federal ratification, including the collecting, counting, and certifying of votes.
• 🗣️ He acknowledged that an individual is free to falsely state they won an election, but not to violate federal law by using knowingly false statements about election fraud to target a lawful government function.

Distrust and Criminal Offenses

• 📉 Representative Biggs expressed disagreement with the idea that President Trump engendered distrust or that his statements to supporters were related to a criminal offense, calling the assertion "absolutely weak".