Now We Know Why GOP Wanted Jack Smith To Testify Behind Closed Doors
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith offered to testify publicly, and now it makes sense why Republicans wanted him to testify behind closed doors. The Associated Press reports that Smith told lawmakers on Wednesday that his team of investigators “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump had criminally conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Smith also told lawmakers that his team had gathered “powerful evidence” that Trump broke the law by hoarding classified documents from his first term as president at his Mar-a-Lago resort, and by obstructing government efforts to recover the records, according to the outlet.
“I made my decisions in the investigation without regard to President Trump’s political association, activities, beliefs, or candidacy in the 2024 election,” Smith said. “We took actions based on what the facts and the law required — the very lesson I learned early in my career as a prosecutor.”
Smith made it clear that if asked whether he would “prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the president was a Republican or Democrat.”
Via the AP: