WATCH: Britt presses Jack Smith over decision not to disclose phone record subpoenas to lawmakers

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Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., pressed former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday about his decision to include non-disclosure orders in the Justice Department's subpoenas of toll records for Republican lawmakers. As part of his investigation into President Donald Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 attack, Smith secured records that showed to whom and from whom a call was made, as well as the length of the call. The records did not contain the content of the calls. Britt said the subpoena to phone companies included orders barring the companies from giving notice to the members of Congress “because among other things, disclosure of subpoenas would lead to ‘destruction of or tampering with evidence’ and ‘intimidation of potential witnesses.’” During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Britt asked Smith whether he believed “there were reasonable grounds to conclude that the senators on this committee were going to engage in destruction of tampering with evidence or intimidation of a potential

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