Jack Smith humiliated Jim Jordan during closed-door hearing: newly-released documents

A document release on New Year's Eve included the transcript and video deposition of former special counsel Jack Smith before the House Judiciary Committee and experts are beginning to sort through the information.

National security expert Marcy Wheeler mocked Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as a coward for the last-minute release.

She observed "the funniest answer" from Smith came when Jordan asked about the phone records that Republicans have complained about. The information obtained in the investigation included details on who called Trump in the days leading up to Jan. 6, including phone records from elected officials.

Smith explained that the reason "was, in part, because Boris Ephsteyn and Rudy Giuliani were using two phones that day," wrote Wheeler.

Jordan's phone records in particular were vital "because Jordan called the White House on January 6 because he was scared," Wheeler said.

"Well, I can tell you that, for example, there were — there was contact on, for example, January 6. But, again, another example for you is Mark Meadows, when he interviewed, when we interviewed him, he referenced the fact that that afternoon Chairman Jordan had been in contact with the White House. And, like Congressman McCarthy’s contact with the White House, it was relevant because, again, Meadows stated this, that these were supporters. These were credible people that the President relied on," Smith began.

"And what I recall was Meadows stating that 'I’ve never seen Jim Jordan scared of anything,' and the fact that we were in this different situation now where people were scared really made it clear that what was going on at the Capitol could not be mistaken for anything other than what it was," Smith zinged.

"And it goes back to that sort of information from someone who is a credible source to the president, proving that that actually happened and that there’s actually a record of that call and exactly when it happened and what actions happened after that or didn’t happen after that, extremely probative to our case," the Smith answer ended.