Jack Smith Isn't Afraid of the House Judiciary Committee

"President Trump was charged because the evidence established that he willfully broke the law, the very laws he took an oath to uphold. Grand juries in two separate districts reached this conclusion based on his actions as alleged in the indictments they returned. Rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power."

"After leaving office in January of '21, President Trump illegally kept classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago social club and repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents. Highly sensitive national security information was held in a ballroom and a bathroom. As I testify before the committee today, I want to be clear. I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including the decision to bring charges against President Trump."

"His voice is curiously light, and it never rises. He sticks to what he came to the House Judiciary Committee to say. This guy plays his cards so close to the vest, he probably has paper cuts on his clavicles. The contrast with committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Van Heusen) couldn't have been more stark. Jordan was literally bouncing in his chair, anxious to rerun all the unfair attacks on the president going back all the way to when Jordan was an obscure backbench nuisance in 2016."

Special Counsel Jack Smith brought charges against President Trump after grand juries in two districts concluded that evidence showed willful violations of laws sworn to be upheld. The indictments allege a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election and prevent the lawful transfer of power. After leaving office in January 2021, President Trump is accused of illegally retaining classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and repeatedly attempting to obstruct justice to conceal them. Highly sensitive national security materials were reportedly stored in a ballroom and a bathroom. Smith affirmed his decisions as special counsel. Republican members focused attacks on subpoenas for toll records, which Smith said are not the equivalent of wiretapping.

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