Key Highlights
- 22, one month after he sat for a closed-door deposition with the committee and testified for eight hours about his special counsel work, a source familiar told Fox News Digital. Smith had long said he wanted to speak to the committee publicly, and although Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, demanded the deposition, the chairman also said an open hearing was on the table.
- KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM JACK SMITH'S TESTIMONY TO HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Jack Smith, former special counsel, appears for a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D. C., on Wednesday, Dec.
- 17, 2025.
- () Smith investigated Trump and brought two indictments against him over the 2020 election and alleged retention of classified documents.
- Trump pleaded not guilty and aggressively fought the charges, and Smith dropped both cases when Trump won the 2024 election, citing a Department of Justice policy that discourages prosecuting sitting presidents.