Rep. Hageman Questions Jack Smith on Trump Investigations and J6 Committee Data

Questions Regarding J6 Committee Cooperation

• ❓ Jack Smith is questioned about tasking his team, specifically JP Cooney, to engage with the partisan January 6th Committee.
• 🏛️ Concerns are raised about the J6 Committee's legitimacy due to members being appointed by Nancy Pelosi, who allegedly disallowed Republican engagement.
• ❓ The strategy of conspiring with the J6 Committee is questioned, given Smith's team had access to top law enforcement resources and an unlimited budget.

Information Acquisition and Preservation

• 🔍 Jack Smith's team requested information from the J6 Committee, with the rationale of collecting any potentially relevant data.
• 🧐 It is unclear if the J6 Committee possessed information that Smith's team could not obtain independently.
• 💾 The J6 Committee failed to archive or preserve as many as 900 video recordings of witness interviews, destroying over a terabyte of digital data.
• 🎭 The committee is accused of using selective clips from videos and transcripts to create a narrative, while denying the public full content and context.

Testimony and Admissibility

• ❓ Questions arise about whether Smith's team received unreleased witness transcripts or video recordings from the J6 Committee.
• 🚫 Smith states he does not recall being advised to keep any information from the J6 Committee confidential.
• 🗣️ Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony is discussed, with the assertion that it comprised "hearsay upon hearsay upon hearsay."
• ⚖️ It is argued that hearsay is inadmissible in court because it is unreliable and the target cannot cross-examine, and that a judge would not allow such testimony.