Watch live: Jack Smith testifies before House Judiciary Committee
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith will testify on Thursday at a congressional hearing that's expected to focus on two criminal investigations during Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.
What is Jack Smith expected to address at the hearing?
Dig deeper:
Jack Smith will tell legislators that he supported his decision as special counsel to bring charges against President Donald Trump in separate cases accusing him of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election after he lost to Democrat Joe Biden and holding on to classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
FILE-Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment including four felony counts against former President Donald Trump at the Justice Department on August 1, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Who is Jack Smith?
The backstory:
In 2022, Jack Smith was appointed by former President Joe Biden's Justice Department to handle investigations into Donald Trump.
The Associated Press reported that both investigations resulted in indictments against Trump, but the cases were abandoned by Smith and his team after Trump won the presidential election due to longstanding Justice Department legal opinions that state sitting presidents cannot be indicted.
The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Associated Press. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.