Former special counsel Jack Smith told House lawmakers on Jan. 22 that he is standing by his decision to prosecute President Donald Trump in two cases and defended a decision to obtain the phone records of senators as part of the Arctic Frost investigation.
“No one should be above the law in our country, and the law required that [the president] be held to account,” Smith said during his opening remarks before the House Judiciary Committee, echoing previous comments he made publicly about the case after leaving his position. “So that is what I did.”
