For the record: it was one of Smith's top aides --per se idem

SO RIGHTWINGERS ARE LOSING THEIR S--T OVER JACK SMITH HAVING MET WITH WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS BEFORE GOING AHEAD WITH TRUMP'S INDICTMENT... ...NARRATING IT AS PROOF OF A VAST CONSPIRACY OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ... MAYBE IT'S JUST ME, BUT IF I WERE ABOUT TO INDICT A FORMER POTUS, I'D WANT TO GET TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE IN THE KNOW, GET IT STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE PROBLEM RATHER THAN GOING BY WHAT I'D HEARD ON THE NEWS