Former Special Counsel Jack Smith will testify in a public hearing before the House Judiciary Committee next week on January 22.
Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) confirmed to Fox News’ Sean Hannity that the Committee will “have questions about Mr. Smith when we bring him in next Thursday, like we always planned to do, we’re going to bring him in next Thursday for a hearing at 10:00 AM, public hearing, where we will be able to ask him about this issue and a host of others.”
The “issue” referenced by Jordan pertains to Smith’s use of a paid informant.
Smith’s most recent deposition, which occurred on December 17, was released on New Year’s Eve. “I made my decisions in the investigation without regard to President Trump’s political association, activities, beliefs, or candidacy in the 2024 Presidential Election,” Smith claimed. “We took our actions based on the facts and the law, the very lessons I learned early in my career as a prosecutor. We followed Justice Department policies and observed legal requirements.”
Smith was asked by Congress, “So did you develop evidence that President Trump, you know, was responsible for the violence at the Capitol on January 6th?” He responded, “As I said, our evidence is that he, in the weeks leading up to January 6th, created a level of distrust. He used that level of distrust to get people to believe fraud claims that weren’t true. He made false statements to State legislatures, to his supporters in all sorts of contexts and was aware in the days leading up to January 6th that his supporters were angry when he invited them and then he directed them to the Capitol.”
The former special counsel noted, however, that some of the most publicized testimony from a key witness lacked firsthand evidence and relied heavily on hearsay.
