Jack Smith
Lawyers for Trump, BBC battle over depositions in president’s $10 billion defamation case
MIAMI | Lawyers for the BBC and for Donald Trump were tussling in court Thursday over whether former special counsel Jack Smith should be deposed in the president’s $10 billion defamation case against the broadcaster — a possibility that Trump strongly opposes. In a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett in Miami, the parties […]
Ex-Trump prosecutor Smith forcefully defends investigations as Republicans assail his team’s tactics
WASHINGTON | Former special counsel Jack Smith forcefully defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump and his investigative tactics, pushing back against repeated Republican efforts to paint him and his team as partisan political operators during a Senate hearing Tuesday that divided along familiar party lines. The hearing came as Republicans have pushed for Smith […]
House Republican accuses Smith of lying about Trump probe and refers him for possible prosecution
WASHINGTON | A key Republican lawmaker says he believes that special counsel Jack Smith may have lied to Congress while testifying about his investigation of President Donald Trump and that the Justice Department should consider prosecuting him. Lawyers for Smith deny the allegation and say he testified truthfully. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the chairman […]