22 Jan 2026 3:53 pm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... testimony/
“It was always about politics,” committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said, accusing Smith and his team of meddling in “the democratic process by seeking to muscle a candidate for a high office.”
Smith told lawmakers he stood by his decision to charge Trump in two felony indictments — the first focused on his alleged mishandling of classified documents, the second on his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
“If asked whether to prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat,” Smith said. “No one should be above the law in our country, and the law required that he be held to account. So that is what I did.”
“It was always about politics,” committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said, accusing Smith and his team of meddling in “the democratic process by seeking to muscle a candidate for a high office.”
Smith told lawmakers he stood by his decision to charge Trump in two felony indictments — the first focused on his alleged mishandling of classified documents, the second on his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
“If asked whether to prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat,” Smith said. “No one should be above the law in our country, and the law required that he be held to account. So that is what I did.”