Jack Smith defends Trump prosecutions before House Judiciary Committee

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testified publicly before the House Judiciary Committee on January 22, 2026, in the first open congressional hearing on his two federal indictments of President Trump. Smith told lawmakers that Donald Trump was the person who caused January 6, that the violence was foreseeable to him, and that his team had proof beyond reasonable doubt in both the election interference and classified documents cases. Republicans sought to undermine the investigations as politically motivated while Democrats used the hearing to elicit testimony about Trump's conduct.