John L. “Jack” Smith delivered a full-throated defense of his investigation into President Donald Trump on Thursday, telling the House Judiciary Committee he stands by his decisions as special counsel and “took actions based on the facts and the law.”
Smith, testifying publicly for the first time about investigations that led to two criminal cases against Trump, pushed back against long-standing Republican criticisms that his work was driven by partisan politics.
Smith said he was not a politician, has no partisan loyalties and had served as a career prosecutor in Republican and Democratic administrations.
