Jack Smith

President Trump was, by a large measure, the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy.

He served under Democrats, he served under Republicans. Let's listen to what he said. For nearly three decades I've been a career prosecutor. I've served during both Republican and Democratic administrations, and I've been guided by those principles in every role I've held. I continued to honor those principles when I was appointed to serve as special counsel in November of 2022. The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine.

But the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts. Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power.

Meidän tutkimuksessamme on myös kehittynyt vahvaa evidenssiä, jotka osoittavat, että presidentti Trumpi on valitettavasti pysähtynyt suurin piirtein tutkimukset, joita hän lähti hallituksessa 2021 jäljellä. Hän pysähtyi niiden käsittämään heidän sosiaalisen klubinsa, yleensä kappaleen ja ruokalämpöön. Hän sitten yhä yritti pysähtyä justiassa, jotta hän voisi pysähtyä tutkimuksensa jatkuvasti.

I remain grateful for the counsel, judgment and advice of my team as I executed my responsibilities. I am both saddened and angered that President Trump has sought revenge against career prosecutors, FBI agents and support staff simply for doing their jobs and for having worked on those cases. These dedicated public servants are the best of us.

and they have been wrongly vilified and improperly dismissed from their jobs. I made my decisions in the investigation without regard to President Trump's political association, activities, beliefs or candidacy in the 2024 presidential election. We took our actions based on the facts and the law, the very lessons I learned early in my career as a prosecutor. We followed Justice Department policies and observed legal requirements.

The timing and speed of our work reflects the strength of the evidence and our confidence that we would have secured convictions at trial. Powerful stuff right there, Brett and Jordi. I want to show more, but I want to get your reaction to that.

Jack Smith led two investigations into President Trump, one over Trump's attempt to cast doubt on the 2020 election results, which led to the January 6th storming of the Capitol.

The second was over Trump's handling of classified documents after leaving the White House.

The Department of Justice dropped both these cases once Trump was elected again in 2024.

And many Republicans have continued to put forth a counter-narrative around the events of January 6th.

But in his recently released testimony, Smith stood by his findings.

President Trump was, by a large measure, the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy.

Smith resigned as former President Biden's tenure was coming to a close.

Katie Riddle, NPR News.

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Smith because it wants to question him about the two special counsel investigations he led.

One into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

and the other into Trump's alleged obstruction of justice and mishandling of classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago home.

Smith had offered to testify publicly, but the committee rejected that idea.

Now, in his closed-door testimony, Smith is expected to try to correct what he views as mischaracterizations about his work as special counsel, but he will be limited in what he can say, in part because grand jury secrecy rules still apply.