Jack Smith to publicly testify before House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 22: Chairman
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify publicly later this month before the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee, Chairman Jim Jordan announced late Monday.
Smith will testify on Jan. 22 at 10 a.m. ET, according to Jordan -- a month after Smith's closed-door testimony before the committee.
Smith, in 2023, charged now-President Donald Trump with undertaking a "criminal scheme" to overturn the results of the 2020 election in order to remain in power, and with mishandling classified materials after leaving the White House in 2021.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges in both cases, before both cases were dropped following Trump's reelection due to the Justice Department's long-standing policy barring the prosecution of a sitting president.
According to a transcript and video of Smith's hourslong deposition from Dec. 17 released by the committee late last month, Smith told lawmakers that his team "had proof beyond reasonable doubt in both cases" that Trump was guilty of the charges.
Smith fervently denied that -- contrary to what the Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee, who requested the testimony, alleged -- there was political influence behind his decision to prosecute Trump, such as pressure from then-President Joe Biden or then-Attorney General Merrick Garland.
