Hi, there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in a steamy Washington, D.C.

It sounds like somebody's still got Georgia on his mind.

Stunning new reporting from our MS now colleague, Ken Delanian,

shines a light on an FBI that is seemingly more concerned

with pleasing Donald Trump's fragile ego

than following the truth

or centering the world's premier law enforcement agency around the gravest threats facing our country.

Because the objective and verifiable truth is that Donald Trump lost the state of Georgia in the 2020

presidential election. He lost it by 11,779 votes. We all heard him ask, beg Secretary of State

Brad Raffensberger to find just enough votes to undo that result, that defeat. But Brad Raffensberger

stood firm against Trump's pressure. And it's something that Trump's current director of the FBI either can't do or won't do, even if it damages the credibility and effectiveness of the FBI.

Donald Trump's efforts in Georgia are just one of the flashpoints that were investigated by former special counsel Jack Smith.

Smith would go on to indict Donald Trump for what was short-handed the election case,

but included allegations that Donald Trump and his co-conspirators knowingly spread lies about

election fraud as part of an infurtherance of a criminal conspiracy to remain in power.

It matters today as much as it did then because those very same lies undergird actions being

taken today and frankly most days by the federal government.

That's what Ken's reporting today highlights.

It also matters today because we have our first chance to speak to former special counsel

Jack Smith about the cases he was prepared to bring against Donald Trump,

cases he believed he could prove beyond a reasonable doubt.

This is his first interview.

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