Video from a statement by Dick Durbin
Sen. Dick Durbin's opening remarks at the Senate Judiciary Committee's Feb. 10, 2026 hearing on phone carriers' responses to Jack Smith's subpoenas.
Excerpt from 20:30 to 24:02 of the committee's archived hearing video. DI added its logo in the corner.
Video: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Public domain (U.S. government work) (opens in a new tab)
Watch the full original video (opens in a new tab) (relevant passage: Sen. Dick Durbin's opening remarks, about 0:20:33 to 0:24:00 on the archived video timeline)
At a February 10, 2026 Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing with telephone company executives, Sen. Dick Durbin said the hearing concerned a legal procedure, created by Congress and regularly deployed by federal prosecutors, to collect the toll records of people Donald Trump contacted in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and that it was not surprising Smith subpoenaed the call records of those Trump tried to enlist. He said Smith, not the phone companies, should be the witness.
“For reasons that aren't clear to me at all, we're here today to discuss Jack Smith's role in a legal procedure, a procedure created by Congress and regularly deployed by federal prosecutors to collect the toll records of people President Trump contacted in his efforts to overturn the election of 2020. ... Special Counsel Jack Smith investigated this criminal effort by President Trump to overturn the election. So it's not surprising that Mr. Smith subpoenaed the call records of those the President tried to enlist in his conspiracy. To the extent the committee has questions about this, it should be former Special Counsel Smith testifying as a witness today before this committee, not three telecom companies who responded to legally issued subpoenas.”