Jack Smith walked into a congressional hearing on Thursday for what may be his only public opportunity to explain why he twice charged Donald Trump with federal crimes—and.
Jack Smith walked into a congressional hearing on Thursday for what may be his only public opportunity to explain why he twice charged Donald Trump with federal crimes—and to insist politics had nothing to do with those decisions. «No one should be above the law in this country», the former special counsel told lawmakers, arguing that the evidence compelled him to act. Smith accused the president of orchestrating «a criminal scheme to overturn the results» of the 2020 election, the New York Times reports, and said Trump’s conduct «undermined democracy and the rule of law.»
House Republicans, led by Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, used the hearing to paint Smith as part of a partisan project to head off Trump’s political comeback.
