From Mar-a-Lago raid to phone record grabs, Republicans are readying a Jack Smith reckoning
by Alex Swoyer · The Washington TimesFormer special counsel Jack Smith will likely be called back to Capitol Hill to testify about his pursuit of two criminal cases against President Trump.
Sen. Eric Schmitt, Missouri Republican, said Republicans have been developing information about Arctic Frost, the Biden Justice Department’s pursuit of Mr. Trump, and the time is ripe to pull it all together with a hearing to grill Mr. Smith.
“I think you can see a hearing this summer with Jack Smith being front and center,” the senator told “Seen, Heard & Whispered.”
He said the GOP’s investigation has been aided by whistleblowers who have revealed the extent of the pursuit of Mr. Trump after his first term. They have poked holes in the FBI’s justification for the dramatic raid to seek classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, and shed light on the Justice Department’s move to secretly gather phone records of members of Congress.
“It does make Watergate look like a third-grade burglary,” Mr. Schmitt said.
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Mr. Smith won indictments against Mr. Trump for mishandling classified documents and for his behavior surrounding the 2020 election.
A local prosecutor in Georgia also indicted Mr. Trump for his attempt to claim victory in the 2020 election.
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One federal case was tossed by a judge and the other was dismissed after Mr. Trump won the 2024 election. The Georgia case was dismissed after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was found to have had an improper relationship with the man she brought in to pursue the case as a special prosecutor.
Newly released documents showed White House officials fawning over Ms. Willis, with one calling her “an icon.”
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