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Donald Trump is the person who caused Jan. 6, Jack Smith tells House committee
ABC News ^ | Jan 22, 2026 | Luke Barr, John Parkinson

Posted on 01/22/2026 12:16:31 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

Former special counsel Jack Smith, testifying Thursday before the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee, was unequivocal about who caused the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

"Our investigation revealed that Donald Trump is the person who caused Jan. 6, that it was foreseeable to him and that he sought to exploit the violence," Smith testified. "We followed the facts and we followed the law -- where that led us was to an indictment of an unprecedented criminal scheme to block the peaceful transfer of power."

Smith, who led investigations into Trump's alleged interference in the 2020 election and alleged mishandling of classified documents, is testifying publicly for first time about his probes.

Jack Smith testifies before House Judiciary Committee about his Trump probes Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges in both cases, before both cases were dropped following Trump's reelection due to the Justice Department's long-standing policy barring the prosecution of a sitting president.

The former special counsel said that partisan politics did not play a role in his decision to charge Trump in his two investigations.

"Some of the most powerful witnesses were witnesses who, in fact, were fellow Republicans who had voted for Donald Trump, who had campaigned for him and, who wanted him to win the election. These included state officials, people who worked on his campaign and advisors," Smith said of his election interference probe.

In seeking to challenge the results of the 2020 election, Trump was "looking for ways to stay in power," Smith testified.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coupaccomplice; crookedlawyer; democratjacktivist; disbarment; executejacksmith; jacksmith; jacksmithmusthang; jan6; jerkonarope; jerksmith; lyingjactivist; sedition; trump

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1 posted on 01/22/2026 12:16:31 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Jack Smith was NEVER approved by Congress to wipe his own ass ... He is a demonic punk and can rot with his daddy the devil.


2 posted on 01/22/2026 12:18:07 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Matthew 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, .........)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Projection example extraordinaire in the Alinsky tradition.


3 posted on 01/22/2026 12:18:19 PM PST by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: Just mythoughts

there is no known witness to his swearing in- and he doesn’t remember who administered the oath.


4 posted on 01/22/2026 12:20:12 PM PST by avital2
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Well, Jack… My investigation has come to the conclusion that you are nothing but a lying, demonic, unelected and illegitimate DC swamp creature. See how that works?


5 posted on 01/22/2026 12:21:42 PM PST by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: Just mythoughts

So he was not ever approved by Congress yet Congress chose to humiliate him anyway.


6 posted on 01/22/2026 12:21:47 PM PST by Racketeer
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

EVERY SINGLE DAY we see Jan 6th in Minneapolis but hey thats (D)ifferent since its commies doing it


7 posted on 01/22/2026 12:22:09 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Smith’s wife produces hagiographic documentaries about Michelle Obama for Netflix. The man is a partisan actor.


8 posted on 01/22/2026 12:23:33 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: avital2
there is no known witness to his swearing in- and he doesn't remember who administered the oath.

Just so I am clear ... this 'his' is Jackie Harvard Smith?? NOBODY administered any oath to this demonic pulse... Ever wonder why Governor DUH Saintis of Harvard renowned was NOT spied upon by the Harvard Smith???

9 posted on 01/22/2026 12:24:03 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Matthew 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, .........)
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“””In seeking to challenge the results of the 2020 election, Trump was “looking for ways to stay in power,” Smith testified.”””

Trump is the first candidate in the history of our country to contest an election. Right, AlGore?


10 posted on 01/22/2026 12:24:09 PM PST by shelterguy
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Let’s get the truth out there..... Have the Jan 6 whistleblowers testify!!


11 posted on 01/22/2026 12:24:43 PM PST by high info voter (Delivery )
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Congress gave him NO power to spy on anybody .. Jack Smith became the “LAW” they spout that nobody is above.

Anytime you hear these demonics say nobody is above the ‘law’ they are literally saying they are the ‘LAW”.

12 posted on 01/22/2026 12:26:28 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Matthew 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, .........)
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He was, is and always will be a shining example of a glittering jewel of colossal ignorance. Despite all the lawyer jokes I’ve heard (and told) through the years, all the lawyers that I’ve known have been honorable. Of course, now I realize that I had not met any Democrat lawyers.


13 posted on 01/22/2026 12:30:04 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

did Trump cause all those feds to be there?


14 posted on 01/22/2026 12:31:40 PM PST by Baladas
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To: irishjuggler

🔝🔝🔝


15 posted on 01/22/2026 12:31:45 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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Give a known liar a chance to talk, and what do you expect him to do? He’s world class.


16 posted on 01/22/2026 12:34:05 PM PST by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: Just mythoughts

Good thoughts.

I know without the restraints of religious beliefs my anger at such evil people who flourish and harm the good would lead to actions by me about which I would be ashamed. The restraints are my moral “guardrails.”

The leftists have no such restraints and are enthusiastically doing as much evil in the world as they can.


17 posted on 01/22/2026 12:34:21 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Da Coyote

He is not ignorant.

He is cunning.


18 posted on 01/22/2026 12:36:34 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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I watched some of that clown show. Smith said that nit prosecuting crimes would be a threat to democracy. Meanwhile, in Minneapolis, state and local politicians are telling their police officers not to help ICE apprehend sex traffickers, child molesters, rapists and murderers.

One sick demonicRAT from TX referenced 4 police officers who he said feared for their safety on Jan. 6.

Meanwhile, in Minneapolis, churchgoers are traumatized by lunatic demonicRATS and ICE officers get no assistance from local poljce.

A demonicRAT from CA recounted the fear he and his fellow legislators felt on Jan. 6 while, in Minneapolis, churchgoers are confronted and yelled at by crazed lunatic demonicRATS.

DemonicRATS are assholes.

19 posted on 01/22/2026 12:37:36 PM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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OK chief, show your evidence.

And God help you if you mischaracterize or have withheld esculpatory evidence.


20 posted on 01/22/2026 12:39:02 PM PST by Salvavida
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