"Due to your service as Special Counsel, the Committee believes that you possess information that is vital to its oversight of this matter, committee chairman Republican Jim Jordan wrote in a letter to Smith. Jordan also asked Smith to produce records for the committee in addition to his testimony. Smith has been summoned for a closed-door interview later this month."
"Peter Koski, one of Smith's lawyers, criticised the private nature of the planned deposition in a statement. We are disappointed that offer was rejected, and that the American people will be denied the opportunity to hear directly from Jack on these topics, Koski said. Jack looks forward to meeting with the committee later this month to discuss his work and clarify the various misconceptions about his investigation."
"One of the federal indictments that Smith led related to Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and his actions on January 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the US Capitol. The second pertained to his hoarding of classified documents at his Florida resort. Both cases were dropped after Trump's re-election in November 2024. Longstanding Justice Department policy bars the prosecution of a sitting president. Trump has portrayed the indictments as part of a coordinated, politically motivated witch-hunt."
Republican-led House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena to former Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith, seeking his testimony and records related to two federal prosecutions of President Donald Trump. Committee chairman Jim Jordan said Smith possesses information vital to committee oversight and requested production of records in addition to testimony. One indictment concerned alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election and actions on January 6, 2021; the other involved hoarding classified documents at Trump's Florida resort. Both cases were dropped after Trump's re-election in November 2024 under longstanding Justice Department policy barring prosecution of a sitting president. Smith's lawyer Peter Koski criticised the planned private deposition.
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