Donald Trump labeled Jack Smith a “deranged animal” while the former special counsel who investigated the president testified publicly for the first time about his alleged attempts to overturn 2020 election results and his failure to stop a mob of his supporters trying to do so by force.
In hours-long testimony to the House Judiciary Committee, a stoic Smith defended his federal criminal investigations while Republicans rehashed conspiracy theories and accused him of mounting a politically motivated assault. Smith told the hearing that Trump’s insults and threats to throw him in jail are designed to intimidate him.
