US EditionJack Smith set for private interview with lawmakers about Trump investigations
Smith is testifying privately to address GOP concerns about DOJ investigations into Trump, including use of phone records and election interference, amid claims of political bias.
- On Wednesday, Jack Smith will appear in a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, facing questions about his investigations into President Trump.
- Rep. Jim Jordan's committee pressed for private testimony after rejecting Jack Smith's public offer, subpoenaing him earlier this month while his lawyers said he would cooperate.
- Legal limits on grand jury materials and sealed report contents will constrain Smith's testimony, and he led two historic prosecutions—the classified-documents case and Jan. 6 election-interference probe—with indictments in both.
- Jordan signaled the deposition will inform the committee's next steps, including subpoenas and hearings, as requests for interviews with Smith's deputies Raymond Hulser, Kenneth Polite, Timothy Duree, and Molly Gaston set for December 30 expand the probe and Republicans plan to continue investigations into next year.
- Longer-Term, the deposition feeds into partisan narratives as House Republicans call the inquiry `weaponization`, while Jack Smith and his legal team say his decisions were based on facts and law, but legal constraints from Judge Aileen Cannon and sealed parts of Smith's final report limit disclosure.
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Jack Smith sits for closed-door grilling by GOP lawmakers over Trump probes
Jack Smith told a congressional committee Wednesday that he found proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump committed crimes as the former special counsel was expected to face harsh grilling by Republicans behind closed doors about his historic investigations.
DOJ Had ‘Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt’ Trump Tried to Overturn 2020 Election — Then Republicans Hid It
The Justice Department had the case. The evidence was there. The legal bar was cleared. And Republicans made sure the public didn’t hear it. In a closed-door deposition on Capitol Hill, former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers his team “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump criminally conspired to overturn the 2020 election. That’s the highest standard in criminal law — and Smith said his investigators me…
The ex-Special Attorney Jack Smith testified on Wednesday in camera before an American Congress commission dominated by Republicans of his conduct in the two federal criminal proceedings he had investigated against Donald Trump before his election last year.
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