What we’ve learned is it was much broader, much more expansive, than we ever thought.

Those are the kind of questions we want to ask Jack Smith, to see what kind of answers we get from the guy who ran this whole operation.

This is why we want [former special counsel] Jack Smith in front of our committee in a deposition format.

These actions undermined the integrity of the criminal justice system and violated the core responsibility of federal prosecutors to do justice.

As the Special Counsel, you are ultimately responsible for the prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional abuses of your office.

Your team sought to silence President Trump by restricting his public statements about the case, conducted an unnecessary and abusive raid of his residence, attempted to improperly pressure defense counsel with the promise of political patronage, and manipulated key evidence in the investigation.

Your misdeeds were so flagrant that the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility confirmed to the Committee in November 2024 that it had opened an inquiry into the tactics of your office.

I don’t think you should rule out impeachment.

Nothing we heard in Europe eased our concerns about the Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, or Online Safety Act.

We are more concerned frankly as Americans about the limits the DSA (Digital Services Act) and the Online Safety Act in the UK put on Americans’ First Amendment rights.

We absolutely need to protect children and keep harmful, illegal content off these platforms — but when governments or bureaucracies suppress speech in the name of safety or regulation, it sets a dangerous precedent that threatens the core of Western democratic values.