Smith will say Biden, Pence, both Clintons and Jim Comey all cooperated fuly while Trump didn’t, BS for sure, but Cannon won’t buy it.
Smith would be foolish to try to advance that line of thinking. Cannon could easily find instances to refute Smith, and she can further ask why a deal wasn't made then. If they cooperated, the violations were not the type of thing that could be ignored. Cooperation should have led to substantial Federal time served, not selective non-prosecution.
Biden wasn’t President.
Comey wasn’t President.
Hillary wasn’t President.
Biden wasn’t President.
Trump was President.
One of these is not like the others.