Jack Smith Report Released & Terror-Related Exemptions | Afternoon Update | 1.14.25
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I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, January 14th, and this is your Morning Wire Afternoon Update.
Trump's choice for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee today for a hearing to confirm his nomination. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips reports.
Throughout the hearing, Democrats routinely criticized Hegseth's previous comments regarding women serving in the military, particularly in combat roles. Here's Senator Elizabeth Warren in one heated back and forth.
If you can convert so rapidly your long-held and aggressively pursued views in just 32 days, that 32 days after you get confirmed, maybe you'll just reverse those views and go back to the old guy who said straight up, women do not belong in combat.
I was talking about standards.
Standards are what it's always been about, Senator. Warren also noted that Hegseth had in the past supported banning retired military generals from lobbying and then asked him to make the same pledge for himself, to which he replied, I'm not a general, Senator. Following Warren, Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville jokingly addressed the nominee as General Hegseth. Hegseth also committed to upholding the, quote, rule of law when grilled about whether he would abide by the Geneva Convention. During the exchange, Senator Angus King had asked Hegseth if he thought torture was okay while referencing past comments from Hegseth on the topic. Here's some of that answer.
I've never been party to torture. We are a country that fights by the rule of law. What an American-first national security policy is not going to do is hand its prerogatives over to international bodies
The DOJ has released volume one of Jack Smith's final report on the investigations into President-elect Trump. Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has more.
The special counsel reports first volume explains the decision to drop cases after Trump's 2024 election win, citing constitutional limits on prosecuting a sitting president. Smith defended the charges, stating they were based on flagrant offenses and strong evidence. Trump criticized the release on social media, calling Smith's findings desperate. Trump said the, quote, lame brain special counsel couldn't get his case tried before the election, which I won in the landslide, adding, the voters have spoken. While Smith maintains that he believes he would have gotten a conviction, legal experts aren't so sure. Here's former federal prosecutor Andrew Cherkasky on Fox.
We have here over 100 pages of Jack Smith going over all of the details as to why he think he would have obtained the conviction, but it's not rebutted. This doesn't go through the due process system. The defense doesn't have their opportunity to respond to it, certainly not to call the witnesses or go through all of the legal hoops that are necessary to get to a fair and reasonable conclusion in a criminal case.
The report's second volume, focusing on classified documents, remains held up due to legal proceedings.
The roughly 15-month war between Israel and Hamas could soon come to an end.
We are close to a deal and it can get done this week. I'm not making a promise or a prediction, but it is there for the taking and we are going to work to make it happen.
Officials involved in the talks say Hamas has accepted a draft ceasefire deal that includes releasing 33 hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The agreement, mediated by Qatar and endorsed by the U.S., awaits Israeli cabinet approval. Under the three-phase plan, hostages will be freed, humanitarian aid increased, and Israeli forces will gradually reduce their presence in Gaza. Hamas has demanded a full withdrawal for the deal's completion, while Israeli officials vow to prevent the group from retaining power.
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