WASHINGTON -- Former special counsel Jack Smith forcefully defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump and his investigative tactics, pushing back against repeated Republican efforts to paint him and his team as partisan political operators during a Senate hearing Tuesday that divided along …
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Jack Smith testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 22. The former special counsel will return to Capitol Hill this week, this time for a Senate-side grilling.
This week's Senate Judiciary hearing comes after a key Republican lawmaker said in July he believes that special counsel Jack Smith may have lied to Congress while testifying about his investigation of President Donald Trump and that the Justice Department should consider prosecuting him.
Kennedy's comments prompted an interjection from Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the ranking member on the committee, demanding that lawmakers show respect to Smith.
Smith went on to insist that Trump had engaged in "serious crimes" against the U.S. and that Trump had sought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The hearing saw Smith appear to discuss his investigations targeting Trump. Those investigations were related to alleged mishandling of classified materials, as well as 2020 election challenges and the Jan. 6, 2021 incident at the Capitol.
Former U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith takes his seat at the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Sept. 29, 2026. The committee is holding the hearing to question Smith about the investigations that led to Donald Trump being charged with conspiring to …
The former special counsel is set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee amid the Justice Department’s pursuit of those involved in investigations into President Trump.
The former special counsel who twice indicted President Donald Trump, Jack Smith, is scheduled to face Senate Republicans on Tuesday morning. Smith will appear as the sole witness at a 9 a.m. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Oversight of Jack Smith’s Abuse of Authority and the Targeting of…
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of its investigation into his probes of President Trump.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two federal indictments against President Donald Trump, will tell lawmakers on Tuesday that he “will not be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from the Trump administration and that he believes the rule of…
Former special counsel Jack Smith stressed in prepared remarks that it was the evidence tied to President Trump’s own actions that prompted him to bring charges against Trump. The opening statement, obtained by The Hill, is to be delivered as Smith appears Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committ…
Former special counsel Jack Smith will face the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning as he seeks to defend his prosecutions of President Trump. Smith is expected to stand by the charges he brought against Trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election — including his perceived role in…
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, his second appearance before Congress as the panel probes his investigation into President Trump. Smith led a team of Justice Department investigators and ultimately determined he would bring charges aga…
The hearing has just started and is being carried live on C-SPAN. Chuck Grassley is currently speaking, dodderingly and haltingly. The purpose of the session is to explore Smith’s various investigations of Trump, and to demonstrate the intent of Republicans on the committee impartially to seek the t…
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee starting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. JACK SMITH DEPUTY ADVOCATED ‘REPEALING’ CONGRESSIONAL PROTECTIONS PRIOR TO JAN. 6 This is Smith’s first live testimony before upper chamber Republicans.
Former special counsel Jack Smith squared off with Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee who accused him Tuesday of illegally targeting Trump and GOP lawmakers.
A former Justice Department special counsel who brought two federal indictments against President Donald Trump has told lawmakers he “will not be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from the Trump administration
Smith, who in 2022 led investigations into Trump and secured two indictments, said he made decisions in the case "without regard" for Trump's "political association activities, beliefs, or candidacy in the 2024 presidential election."
Former special counsel Jack Smith swears that President Donald Trump committed “serious crimes.” In his opening remarks to the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, Smith reiterated the findings of his two indictments against the president of the United States.
