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Jack Smith to Testify Publicly Before House Judiciary on Jan. 22

The hearing centers on scrutiny of his subpoenas for lawmakers’ phone records.

FILE - Former Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith departs at the end of a Republican-led deposition before the House Judiciary Committee as part of its oversight into DOJ investigations into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Former Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith departs after his closed-door interview with House Republicans at Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photos: Chandan Khanna/AFP, Drew Angerer, and Samuel Corum via Getty Images
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, center, followed by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the ranking member, left, depart at the end of a closed-door deposition from former Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith about his investigations into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Overview

  • Chairman Jim Jordan announced the public session after Smith’s more than eight-hour closed-door deposition in December, whose 255-page transcript and full video were released on Dec. 31.
  • Smith led two Trump investigations that produced indictments, and he told lawmakers he had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump sought to overturn the 2020 election.
  • He also said his team developed powerful evidence that Trump willfully retained highly classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
  • Neither case proceeded to trial, with the classified-documents prosecution dismissed by Judge Aileen Cannon on appointment grounds and the election case dropped after Trump’s 2024 reelection under DOJ policy.
  • Republicans plan to question Smith’s use of subpoenas for lawmakers’ toll records, including an AT&T disclosure that Kevin McCarthy’s personal records were inadvertently produced, while Smith argues the steps followed DOJ policy and were narrowly tailored.