Overview
- Smith’s attorneys sent a Thursday letter to Chairman Jim Jordan requesting an open, public hearing and the full release of the videotaped closed-door deposition.
- He testified privately before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for roughly nine hours under a subpoena issued in October.
- In his opening statement, Smith said his team developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt of a scheme to overturn the 2020 election and gathered powerful evidence of willful retention of classified documents, while asserting full adherence to DOJ policies.
- House Republicans are investigating alleged prosecutorial misconduct in Smith’s probes, which produced two Trump indictments that were wound down after Trump returned to the White House.
- House Democrats opposed the private deposition, are pressing for public testimony and release of the recording, and the committee has not indicated how it will respond to the requests.