Summary
Jack Smith, a special counsel, will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump. These investigations led to two indictments against President Trump related to handling government documents and efforts to challenge the 2020 election results.
Key Facts
- Jack Smith is testifying as part of a Senate inquiry into his investigations of President Trump.
- Smith secured two indictments against President Trump, one over handling sensitive government documents and another over trying to overturn the 2020 election results.
- President Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges in both cases, which ended after his re-election in 2024.
- Some Republicans have accused Smith of abusing his power, especially over seeking phone toll records from GOP senators.
- The phone toll records include numbers called and call times but not the content of calls or messages.
- House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan referred Smith to prosecutors for alleged false statements during a deposition about the phone records.
- Smith is expected to defend his decisions and work on the investigations, saying he acted without political bias.
- Smith has previously testified for over eight hours in closed-door sessions before Congress about these probes.
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