Overview
- Smith’s lawyers asked Chair Jim Jordan for the prompt public release of the complete videotape of his closed-door testimony, and the committee has not published it.
- He also renewed a request for an open public hearing to let him address his work directly.
- Earlier this month, Smith testified for about nine hours on his probes into classified documents, obstruction, and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
- During the session, he reportedly said investigators had proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump criminally conspired to overturn the 2020 vote.
- Rep. Dan Goldman, who attended, publicly urged Jordan to release the video and transcript, as Smith faces a separate Hatch Act inquiry by the Office of Special Counsel opened at Sen. Tom Cotton’s request.