"It seems like you have created an office that would require an Act of Congress."
"Was Jack Smith nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the U.S. Senate?"
"Wouldn't you agree that U.S. attorneys are held to the Appointments Clause because they are delegated some part of the sovereign power of the United States?"
"You have created an office in the U.S. Government that does not exist without authorization from Congress."
"I ask unanimous consent to submit for the record an Amicus Brief by the former Attorney General Edwin Meese."
"Well, that is not an acceptable answer. We have asked you this months ago and you just send us a letter saying you can't answer that."
"Are you willing to confirm that the pipe bombs planted at the Capitol Hill Club and the DNC on January 6th couldn't have gone off with a 60-minute kitchen timer if they were placed the day before?"
"That is a policy. That has not been through some kind of rulemaking. That is a policy. You can say that to the media, but you can't say it to Congress. We created your department."
"Jack Smith is acting like a partisan hack."
"It is hard to say that he is independent if these meetings are in fact going on, isn't it?"
"I think it is kind of a fallacy that we--Congress can create this special office and that it will be free of any political bias."