When he issued those orders, he did not know that the phones belonged to senators because nobody told him. And that was the longtime DOJ practice at the time of his decision. Jack Smith testified to this under oath before the House Judiciary Committee last month. And if we have questions about that aspect of what was going on, yeah, we can invite Jack Smith to come and testify in an open hearing as he has offered to do. (00:42–00:48)
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