Welcome back to our special primetime recap of today's historic hearing with Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought two indictments against Donald Trump and who says he was prepared to prove Trump's guilt

on dozens of felony counts beyond a reasonable doubt. As you know, there was a lot to this

hearing today. Republicans came loaded for bear. They left without any bearskins. But there was a

really interesting moment in today's proceedings.

One I certainly did not anticipate when Democratic Congressman Hank Johnson, very colorful

congressman who always comes at things from a different direction, I think, than all of his

colleagues.

He's always got a very original take on things.

He asked Jack Smith whether the cases he brought against Trump, cases which were dismissed

once Trump was elected president. He asked whether those cases could ever come back.

We followed the facts and we followed the law. Where that led us was to an indictment of an unprecedented criminal scheme

to block the peaceful transfer of power.

And those indictments have been dismissed.

Can they be re-bought or resurrected after this, after Trump leaves office?

They were dismissed without prejudice.

So they can be refiled.

And he can be prosecuted after he leaves office.

Is that correct?

I'm not going to speak to that.

I can only speak to what we did, which was dismissed the case without prejudice.

Dismissed without prejudice.

This is all he would say.

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