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John Kennedy asks Jack Smith about the tooth fairy

TYT Investigates' fast-starting compilation joins witness questioning with a Senate-floor dispute over who can object.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 288,492 views a day, 46 times a normal first day on this channel (6,286).

John Kennedy FLIPS OUT After Witness Shuts Down His 'Gotcha' Moment

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2:00Bier defends his posts, arguing that deportation plans targeting tens of millions amount to ethnic cleansing.
6:36The presiding officer rules that a senator can object without holding the floor.
8:18Kennedy asks Smith about the tooth fairy and Easter Bunny before turning to senators' telephone records.
10:29Durbin intervenes during Kennedy's questioning, saying Smith should be allowed to complete his answers.
13:11Patel says revised hiring rules allow trafficking victims to be considered rather than automatically disqualified.

Jack Smith answers the opening questions with brief denials. Senator John Kennedy asks about the tooth fairy and Easter Bunny before turning to subpoenas for senators' telephone records. Later, as Kennedy interrupts, chairman Dick Durbin intervenes: "This witness should be allowed to answer the questions, complete a sentence."

That exchange is one part of a compilation posted by TYT Investigates, a clips channel sharing footage from congressional proceedings, rather than a single continuous hearing. The upload drew about 230,000 views in its first 15 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience.

Despite its title, "John Kennedy FLIPS OUT After Witness Shuts Down His 'Gotcha' Moment", the video contains several separate encounters. It opens with Kennedy questioning David J. Bier about social media posts. Bier defends his characterization of large-scale deportation proposals, and chairman Lindsey Graham eventually moves the hearing along.

Between the witness exchanges comes a less personal question: does a senator need to hold the floor to object? Kennedy and John Barrasso challenge how an objection was handled. The presiding officer repeatedly upholds it, explaining, "The senator does not need the floor to object."

The compilation closes with Kennedy questioning Kash Patel about changes to FBI hiring qualifications, shifting from hearing-room interruptions to who can be considered for employment.

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The facts

Channel: TYT Investigates
Subscribers: 727,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 1,190,884
Channel views, pace per day: 45,190 (on a normal day: 233,375)
Video published: October 14, 2026
Video views so far: 229,723 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 288,492

The numbers

The Kennedy compilation passed the channel's usual full-day views well before its first day was over. Its comment section was also substantially busier than usual.

the video's first day

usual first day here

6,286

this video

288,492

subscribers

727,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

715,390,041

views per day

45,190