GOP chickened out on the public hearing Smith originally agreed to.
"Maximum transparency"

After failing to trap Smith today, they were left with nothing but testimony like this

Mr. Smith said that his team of investigators had "developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Mr. Trump had tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election. He also told House Judiciary Committee lawmakers and staff members that he had "developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021" and that Mr. Trump "repeatedly tried to obstruct justice."

"If asked whether to prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the president was a Republican or Democrat," Mr. Smith said in his opening remarks.

Release the files


Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump appointee who handled the documents case, has sat on requests to release Mr. Smith's report for months. But a federal appeals court, concerned by her slow-walking, recently ordered her to make a decision about the volume by early January.

Two weeks ago, Mr. Trump filed court papers asking Judge Cannon not to release the report, saying that doing so would only "perpetuate Jack Smith's unlawful criminal investigations and proceedings."

RELEASE THE FILES


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