Jack Smith Won't Back Down From Trump Cases! Former Special Counsel Jack Smith says he remains prepared to revive the federal criminal cases against President Donald Trump once Trump's current term in office comes to an end. Speaking during an interview on MSNBC with anchor Nicolle Wallace, Smith said he believes the cases could proceed after Trump leaves the presidency, when presidential immunity would no longer apply. Smith explained that following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity, prosecutors revised the indictments by removing evidence they believed could no longer be used while retaining evidence they considered legally admissible. According to Smith, his office would not have continued pursuing the prosecutions unless prosecutors believed the remaining evidence could prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt at trial. As Special Counsel, Smith led two major federal investigations involving President Trump. Stay informed with the latest breaking news from the United States From politics and government updates to major national headlines, trending stories, and viral moments, we bring you news that matters, fast and clearly explained. Subscribe for daily US news updates so you never miss an important story. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVykXnNvvMNLM6q0l7V4ivA?sub_confirmation=1 This video covers: -- Jack Smith interview -- Donald Trump legal cases -- Special Counsel investigation -- Presidential immunity -- Classified documents case -- 2020 election case -- Supreme Court ruling -- Federal prosecution -- MSNBC interview -- The latest U.S. political news We focus on timely reporting, clear context, and stories shaping America today. What We Cover • Latest US news & national headlines • Political developments and analysis • Viral trends & social reactions • Entertainment and cultural news • Sports highlights and human interest stories Stay informed. Stay up-to-date. Stay connected with the stories shaping America every day. DISCLAIMER This content is intended for news reporting, commentary, and informational purposes. Opinions expressed (if any) are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the channel. #USANews #BreakingNews #USPolitics #America #LatestNews #TrendingNews #NewsUpdate #UnitedStates #ViralNews #CurrentEvents
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith's team reviewed text messages from 44 Republican and Democratic members of Congress during his investigation into President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election, according to two Republican senators.
The records came from subpoenas to the National Archives and Records Administration for text messages from government phones used by Trump and a range of his top officials and advisers from October 2020 until the end of his first term in January 2021.
The records Smith's team obtained included text messages that 40 Republican lawmakers and four Democrats exchanged with Trump officials, according to Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Ron Johnson, the chair of a Senate investigative panel.
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith prepares to leave Jan. 22 after testifying before the House Judiciary Committee about his criminal investigation of President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The new material underscores how many senior figures in the U.S. government were examined as Smith investigated Trump's attempts to reverse his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 and his alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort during Biden's administration. Both cases were dropped after Trump won the 2024 election.
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The officials included Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows and then-Vice President Mike Pence, who resisted Trump’s pressure to block congressional certification of the 2020 election results.
Grassley released the material the day before Todd Blanche, who defended Trump against both of Smith's cases, goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his nomination to serve as attorney general.
Justice Department officials under Trump provided Grassley with a range of records as the president's allies press claims that Smith’s investigations were improperly aimed at damaging Trump’s political prospects and swept up sensitive information irrelevant to those cases.
“Jack Smith has answering to do, and I intend to have him before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the coming months to hold him accountable,” Grassley said in a statement.
Smith argued in court filings and in public testimony that his investigations followed Justice Department policy and were not influenced by politics. A spokesperson for Smith did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the disclosures.
Grassley claimed a prosecutor on Smith’s team appeared to violate Justice Department protocol by viewing the records before a separate team screened them for potential legal privileges. The filter review team was set up to separate material involving attorney communications with clients, not members of Congress.
Grassley previously revealed that Smith obtained call logs from some Republican senators around the time of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. FBI Director Kash Patel and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles also had their phone records subpoenaed as part of the classified documents probe, Reuters has reported.
Subpoenaing phone records is a common step in federal investigations. Smith previously told a House committee that lawmakers’ phone records were necessary to investigate Trump’s pressure campaign to stop certification of his election loss.
