Former special counsel Jack Smith has been called to testify before the House Judiciary Committee following allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional violations tied to his investigations of President Donald Trump.
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The House Judiciary Committee has requested that former special counsel Jack Smith testify before the committee.
The letter was sent by Chairman Jim Jordan. pic.twitter.com/ivKyYhKxWT
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan announced the summons in a formal letter, stating that Smith, who led two prosecutions against President Trump that were dismissed after the 2024 election, is “ultimately responsible for the prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional abuses” that occurred under his leadership.
“Among the disturbing tactics employed in that prosecution, your team sought to silence President Trump by restricting his public statements about the case, conducted an unnecessary and abusive raid of his residence, attempted to improperly pressure defense counsel with the promise of political patronage, and manipulated key evidence in the investigation,” Jordan wrote.
“These actions undermined the integrity of the criminal justice system and violated the core responsibility of federal prosecutors to do justice.”
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Jordan’s letter calls on Smith to appear for a transcribed interview before the committee no later than October 28, 2025, to address concerns surrounding his conduct and decision-making.
The committee is also demanding that Smith provide all communications and records tied to his work as special counsel, as well as documents related to his appointment.
In the letter, Jordan said Smith’s testimony “is necessary to understand the full extent to which the Biden-Harris Justice Department weaponized federal law enforcement.”
He emphasized that the committee’s investigation seeks to determine how federal prosecutorial power may have been used to influence political outcomes.
Two senior members of Smith’s team, Jay Bratt and Thomas Windom, previously declined to answer questions from committee investigators, invoking both privileges and their Fifth Amendment rights, according to the correspondence.
Jordan’s letter describes their refusal as a significant obstacle to obtaining a full account of the decision-making processes within Smith’s office.
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The committee’s concerns deepened after the release of FBI documents on October 7, which revealed that Smith’s team obtained phone records from eight Republican senators and Republican Rep. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee as part of an operation identified as the “Arctic Frost” investigation.
Additional records made public by Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley earlier in the year indicated that subpoenas were also issued to a number of conservative groups, including Turning Point USA and the Republican Attorneys General Association, in connection with the same probe.
During his interview with the committee, Windom reportedly declined to say “how many other members of Congress were investigated as part of the Arctic Frost investigation and Jack Smith investigation,” according to Jordan’s letter.
Beyond the congressional inquiry, Smith is also the subject of an ethics investigation being conducted by the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), a federal watchdog agency.
The investigation, confirmed in August by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, is examining whether Smith violated the Hatch Act, which restricts certain political activities by federal employees.
The Judiciary Committee’s pursuit of testimony and documents from Smith comes amid broader House Republican efforts to examine what they describe as political bias and overreach within the Department of Justice during the previous administration.
If Smith complies with the request, his testimony would mark the first time he has publicly addressed the allegations of misconduct related to his special counsel investigations since the dismissal of the cases against President Trump following the 2024 election outcome.
