Senator John Kennedy spent his ten minutes with former Special Counsel Jack Smith asking about the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and Smith's wife, then asked to put a Netflix documentary about Michelle Obama into the hearing record. In all that time, he never asked a single question about the evidence against Donald Trump, the evidence Smith's final report said was strong enough to win a conviction. So what was Kennedy actually trying to accomplish? We break down what his questioning was really for, and who it helps.
The phone records were the one real issue Kennedy raised, and the Justice Department's own documents tell a very different story from the one he told. Smith's team wrote that its investigation suggested Trump and Rudy Giuliani pressed those Republican lawmakers to delay the certification, and Kennedy's own name turns up in those files. We also cover the senators-only lawsuit provision that let them sue for five hundred thousand dollars per violation, Jim Jordan's criminal referral against Smith, and why a Justice Department run by one of Trump's former defense lawyers now decides whether Smith gets charged.
If you live in Texas or Arizona, voter registration closes Monday, October 5, so check your registration today, and remember that Election Day is November 3. Tell us in the comments the one question about the actual evidence you would have asked Smith with Kennedy's ten minutes. Subscribe so you don't miss what Todd Blanche's Justice Department does next, and check the fact check at the end of the video for the source behind every claim.
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Senator John Kennedy spent his ten minutes with former Special Counsel Jack Smith asking about the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and Smith's wife, then asked to put a Netflix documentary about Michelle Obama into the hearing record. In all that time, he never asked a single question about the evidence against Donald Trump, the evidence Smith's final report said was strong enough to win a conviction. So what was Kennedy actually trying to accomplish? We break down what his questioning was really for, and who it helps.
The phone records were the one real issue Kennedy raised, and the Justice Department's own documents tell a very different story from the one he told. Smith's team wrote that its investigation suggested Trump and Rudy Giuliani pressed those Republican lawmakers to delay the certification, and Kennedy's own name turns up in those files. We also cover the senators-only lawsuit provision that let them sue for five hundred thousand dollars per violation, Jim Jordan's criminal referral against Smith, and why a Justice Department run by one of Trump's former defense lawyers now decides whether Smith gets charged.
If you live in Texas or Arizona, voter registration closes Monday, October 5, so check your registration today, and remember that Election Day is November 3. Tell us in the comments the one question about the actual evidence you would have asked Smith with Kennedy's ten minutes. Subscribe so you don't miss what Todd Blanche's Justice Department does next, and check the fact check at the end of the video for the source behind every claim.
#JackSmith #JohnKennedy #SenateJudiciary #Trump #ToddBlanche #JusticeDepartment #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #Midterms2026 #Vote