Senate Grills Smith On Trump Investigations & Hospital's H1B Numbers Explained | 9.30.26

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John Bickley (0:51)

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is grilled on Capitol Hill over his attempt to prosecute President Trump.

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Is that why you lied to the House under oath about getting member text messages?

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I answered every question I was asked truthfully.

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Oh, I don't think so. We have the latest from DC.

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I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Wednesday, September 30th. This is Morning Wire.

Georgia Howe (1:23)

Trump's H-1B visa crackdown continues as a New York hospital comes under the spotlight after almost every residency spot went to foreign doctors.

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And Lindsay Clancy returns to court as the lone holdout juror speaks out.

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Georgia Howe (2:56)

Former special prosecutor Jack Smith appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, where he answered tough questions from Republicans and defended his prosecutions of President Trump during the 2024 presidential race.

John Bickley (3:08)

Joining us now with more on that hearing and other stories out of Washington is Tim Rice, our DC Bureau Chief. Good to have you on.

Tim Rice (3:14)

Always good to be here, guys.

John Bickley (3:15)

All right. So what were Republicans looking to hear from Jack Smith about those investigations into Trump and what did he actually offer them?

Tim Rice (3:23)

I think Republicans were looking to hear literally any sense of culpability, any kind of apology, right? And not just for the investigation into President Trump, which Republicans and the president hold was mishandled and possibly illegal, but also for the nearly 5,000 Americans whose personal information, bank records and phone records, Smith's team probed as part of what was called Operation Arctic Frost. So that was really another big part of the hearing today, was Republicans trying to hold him to account for that, in addition to his probe into the president. Unsurprisingly to anyone who has watched Jack Smith or lived through the investigation into Trump and Arctic Frost, they got none of that. He actually said at one point that given everything that transpired, if given the opportunity, if given the same evidence against the president today, whether Republican or Democrat, he would carry out exactly the same investigation and come to exactly the same conclusion.