Jack Smith [Hearing on Trump case]: We followed the facts. We followed the law. Where that led us was to an indictment of an unprecedented criminal scheme to block the peaceful transfer of power.

Hank Johnson: And those indictments have been dismissed. Can they be re-brought or resurrected after Trump leaves office?

Smith: They were dismissed without prejudice.

Johnson: So they can be re-filed, and he can be prosecuted after he leaves office, is that correct?

Smith: I'm not going to speak to that. I can only speak to what we did, which was dismiss the case without prejudice.

Smith: I have no partisan loyalties. I don't know if I'm registered as independent, or not registered at all.

[he doesn't know if he is registered to vote?]

CNN is reporting that a federal magistrate judge has rejected the charges against Don Lemon.