Jack Smith defends decision to charge Trump at Senate hearing
- On Tuesday, former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith defended his investigations into President Donald Trump during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, vowing he "will not be silenced by continued threats of prosecution."
- Republican senators pressed Smith over his team's access to GOP lawmakers' phone records, as Senate committee chairman Chuck Grassley first disclosed last year that prosecutors obtained "toll records" to understand the "scope of the conspiracy" between Trump and his allies.
- Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Smith of attending an Atlanta Hawks game during the 2024 election; Smith clarified he attended an Iowa Hawkeyes basketball game in Maryland. Critics labeled Smith a "villain" and "dirtbag," claiming his subpoenas breached constitutional "speech and debate" protections.
- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan referred Smith to the Justice Department for potential prosecution, alleging he misled Congress about obtaining text messages. Smith's lawyers maintained his previous testimony was "unimpeachably truthful" regarding toll records.
- Democrats rallied to Smith's defense, as Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin accused Republicans of spreading "baseless conspiracy theories" to "whitewash" the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. The hearing exposed deep partisan divisions over federal cases that accused Trump of conspiring to overturn the 2020 race.
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Ex-special counsel Jack Smith tells senators he won't 'be silenced' by threats of prosecution
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two federal indictments against President Donald Trump, told senators he won't "be silenced" by threats of prosecution from the Trump administration.
Legal experts expose the glaring hole in GOP attacks on Jack Smith
Republicans brought former special counsel Jack Smith into a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday to discuss his investigations into President Donald Trump. Earlier this year, the New York Times reported that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) urged the Justice Department to indict Smith, alleging he perjured himself before the House Judiciary Committee when he talked about toll records vs. a wiretap. Smith appeared before that committee in January …
HAWKS OR HAWKEYES? Eric Schmitt's Jack Smith Grilling Hits a Basketball Mix-Up
Sen. Eric Schmitt tried to place former special counsel Jack Smith in Atlanta on the same day Fani Willis admitted her relationship with Nathan Wade. Smith said the game he remembered was Iowa-Maryland, not Warriors-Hawks.
Smith Hearing Gets Testy Over Alleged Basketball Texts
Jack Smith had a blue message for Senators on Tuesday: Threats won't shut Him up. Testing before the Senate Judicial Committee, the formation special counsel defended his since-dismissed federal criminal cases against Donald Trump and said he would't be cowed "by continued threats of prosecution" over his work, per NBC...
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