"On New Year's Eve, the Republicans decided to release the videoand a transcriptof Jack Smith's deposition before the House Judiciary Committee that took place in December 2025. In it, Smith demonstrated the kind of implacability that would have made a formidable prosecution if Merrick Garland had been able to get off the dime, and if the American voter didn't drop about 50 IQ points in the fall of 2024."
"There are a number of highlights. (There's an anecdote about how Jim Jordan was scared jacketless on January 6, 2021 while the Capitol was under siege.) He ably defended his investigation, including the subpoenas for the toll records on the telephones of certain members of Congress, including Jordan's. Ultimately, though, Smith was quite clear about what his investigators actually found."
Republicans released video and transcript of Special Counsel Jack Smith's December 2025 deposition before the House Judiciary Committee. Smith displayed implacability and outlined investigative steps that could have supported a formidable prosecution had prior actions differed and electoral outcomes not changed in 2024. The deposition included an anecdote about Jim Jordan being jacketless and fearful during the January 6, 2021 Capitol siege. Smith defended subpoenas for toll records of certain members of Congress, including Jordan's telephone records. Smith stated investigators' findings clearly and rejected assertions that the investigation was driven by a political agenda, citing the evidence.
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