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Former special counsel Jack Smith defended the actions he took in probing Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and allegedly retain classified documents - telling lawmakers his team 'developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt' that Trump 'engaged in serious crimes against our nation.
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‘I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including my decision to bring charges against President Trump,’ Smith said in his opening remarks before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, adding that he made those decisions ‘without regard to President Trump's political association, activities, beliefs, or candidacy in the 2024 presidential election.’
The hearing comes as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and other Republicans have accused Smith and his team of casting an ‘unjustifiably’ broad net in their investigation, centered on Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, and Trump’s retention of classified documents after he left the White House.
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he → stand → House
Smith was appointed as special counsel in 2022, and stepped down shortly after Trump's reelection to a second presidential term in 2024.
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In prepared opening remarks, Grassley argued that Smith’s election probe went 'far' beyond Trump’s attempts to overturn his 2020 defeat.
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He argued that that Smith sought to ‘map out the Republican apparatus’ by subpoenaing records from Republican groups and obtaining communications involving members of Congress.
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Former Special Counsel Jack Smith arrives to testify during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and ranking Democrat Senator Dick Durbin appear at a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is seated before he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Dc
Grassley argued Smith sought phone toll records for 16 members of Congress and obtained the contents of messages involving more than lawmakers through records from Trump White House phones.
Toll records show details such as when calls took place and which numbers were involved, but do not reveal conversations.
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The Iowa Republican argued that investigators failed to screen the separate messages for material protected by the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause.
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Smith, for his part, has insisted their work was carried out in line with DOJ policy and was not influenced by politics.
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Smith has defended the special counsel’s work, and argued that lawmakers’ phone records were relevant to the special counsel ‘s probe into efforts aimed at stopping certification of the 2020 election results.
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records → defend → results
The committee's top Democrat, meanwhile, argued Smith was acting well within his authority as special counsel in probing Trump's misconduct.
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Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois said that Trump, in the weeks following the 2020 election, ‘demonstrated a wanton disdain for the laws of the United States, the will of the people, and our national security.
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'Malfeasance by government officials is sadly not a new phenomenon,' Durbin said.
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'But President Trump's misconduct was egregious, differing in kind and scale from what we had seen by any president before him.’
‘I hope that that never happened before in American history, and I hope it never happens again,' Durbin said.
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This is a developing news story.
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