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Former special counsel Jack Smith sat before the House Judiciary Committee on January 22, 2026 to defend the prosecutions he brought against President Trump, insisting his work was grounded in law, not politics. Conservatives listening watched with growing disbelief as Smith doubled down rather than offered contrition for the abuse of prosecutorial power that has become a feature of this administration.
Republican members, led by Chairman Jim Jordan, hammered Smith over the dragnet subpoenas, the secret collection of toll records for sitting lawmakers, and the broader pattern of weaponizing federal power against political opponents. What played out on Capitol Hill was not a sober review of justice but a partisan circus in which career prosecutors used extraordinary tools against one political faction while precious evidence about the left’s misconduct remains hidden.
Conservative attorneys and commentators on Newsmax and elsewhere were right to demand answers, and voices like Jesse Binnall’s made the central point bluntly: if the DOJ abused its authority to target citizens and lawmakers, there is at least a conspiracy case against the people who ran the operation. Patriots across the country are fed up with two-tiered justice, and they are watching to see whether Congress will finally hold these actors accountable rather than congratulate them.
Newly released documents and reporting have only deepened suspicion that Smith’s operation was part of a broader campaign to shield Democratic figures while going after Republicans, with emails and internal records pointing to selective investigations and the so-called Arctic Frost tactics that collected phone metadata on Republicans. This isn’t speculation — it is the kind of political lawfare Americans feared, now unfolding in plain view.
Congressional Republicans have every right to demand real consequences: sworn testimony, referrals for perjury, bar investigations where merited, and a full accounting of who authorized the fishing expeditions into lawmakers’ communications. If justice is the goal, then accountability must apply equally to prosecutors who weaponized their offices as much as to anyone they pursued. The American people deserve no less.
The fierce defense Smith offered in public only strengthens the case that this was never about neutral law enforcement; it was about influence, intimidation, and an attempt to bend the levers of power for political ends. Conservatives will keep the pressure on — demanding transparency, demanding prosecutions where the evidence supports them, and demanding the restoration of a Justice Department that serves all Americans rather than a political faction.
