Nadler smirked arrogantly as he was asking Garland about the prosecution of President Trump.
McClintock: Because of this administration's policies, you now have millions and millions who have been allowed into this county, or who have evaded the Border Patrol while they've been overwhelmed admitting these millions in, and I worry about the stage is set for something very bad happening in the very near future because of your administration's policies.
Fitzgerald: In the United States vs Mitchell, during the Watergate District Court Case, Judge Sirica held that, by releasing portions of a subpoenaed recording in transcript form for publication, the president's claim of confidentiality, and that privileged associated with it, was no longer valid, since the conversations were no longer confidential.
Hank Johnson: House MAGA Republicans fritter away time with rabbit hole investigations of Dr. Fauci and Hunter Biden, while simultaneously spinning webs of lies that seek to create public wrath against anyone who would dare to be involved in any effort to hold the convicted felon, Donald Trump, accountable for his misconduct. The American people can see right through these distraction efforts.
[the American people see exactly what you criminals are doing]
Jordan: Did he [Jack Smith] ask for the job?
Garland: This is not a job I don't think anybody asks for.
Jordan: That's not the question I asked you. Did Jack Smith ask for the job?
Garland: He did not ask me for the job, no.
Jordan: Did he convey through someone else that he wanted the job?
Garland: I would be surprised if that were the case.
Jordan: You don't know?
Garland: No, I don't know.
Jordan: So he may have?
Garland: I can only tell you what I know., I chose him because he had a record of impartial career experience as a prosecutor.
Jordan: This guy [Jack Smith] was so important, you have to bring him from Europe back here to go after President Trump…do you regret the pick?
Garland: No I do not regret picking him.
Jordan: Prosecutors aren't supposed to tamper with evidence, and it looks like that's what he did. He changed the sequence of the documents that he seized from Mar-a-Lago.
Garland: I'm sorry, that's a false characterization.
Jordan: He said it…he told the court that.
Garland: Now you're asking me to comment on a discovery dispute that's ongoing in a court, I don't know the facts of it, and I'm not going to comment on it.
Jordan: This is from Jack Smith's filing with the court. He admitted to the court that they tampered with the evidence. He mishandled the very documents he is charging President Trump with mishandling.
Massie: Was Jack Smith nominated by [Biden} or confirmed by the US Senate?
Garland: You're asking me about a case-
Massie: This is a simple question. Was Jack Smith nominated by [Biden]?
Garland: No, he was not.
Massie: Was he confirmed by the senate?
Garland; No, he was not.
Massie When was the Special Statute passed?
Garland: There is no Special Counsel statute. There was an Independent Counsel Statute that was expired.
Massie: So it expired.So what gives you the authority to appoint a special counsel? To create- you're created an office in the US Government that does not exist, without authorization from congress.
Garland: There are regulations under which the attorney general appoints special counsel…
Massie: You appealed to a regulation, a rule, where as the Constitution says, "Shall be established by law"…you referred to a regulation, not US Code…it seems like you've created an office that would require an act of congress, yet there is not an act of congress that authorizes that.