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Friday’s public hearing with former special counsel Jack Smith laid bare for the country what Republican lawmakers have been saying in private for months: this was not a routine accountability session, it was a political spectacle. Smith defended his prosecutions as lawful and insisted he would make the same charging decisions again, but millions of Americans watched and wondered whether ordinary citizens would have faced the same aggressive tactics.
Across the dais, Republicans pressed Smith on investigative choices that reeked of overreach, from secret subpoenas of lawmakers’ phone metadata to other moves critics say crossed long-established norms. Those are not idle gripes; they are specific, documented complaints that go to the heart of whether the Justice Department became a political cudgel instead of a fair system of justice.
South Carolina Rep. Russell Fry didn’t mince words on Newsmax’s National Report, arguing Smith went “beyond the norm” and that his testimony confirmed the DOJ was weaponized against President Trump and his allies. Fry’s fury mirrors a broader conservative conviction: when prosecutors chase political outcomes, the people who suffer are hardworking Americans who lose faith in rule of law.
Let’s be blunt — conservatives understand what weaponized law enforcement looks like because we see the playbook: expanded subpoenas, secret data grabs, and headline-driven prosecutions timed to maximum political damage. Smith may stand by his work, but standing by a decision and proving it was proper are not the same thing; Congress and the American people deserve full transparency about methods that targeted scores of political opponents.
If we love our republic, we must insist on equal justice under the law, not justice that bends to the will of whichever party occupies the White House. That’s why House oversight is appropriate and necessary — Republicans owe it to voters to press for reforms that prevent future politicization of the DOJ and restore basic guardrails that protect every American’s rights.
Americans sent conservatives to Washington to defend their liberties, not to watch yet another partisan show where prosecutors roam untethered by consequence. If the hearings proved anything, it’s that conservatives must double down on accountability, transparency, and rule-of-law reforms so that no future special counsel can wield the immense power of the state as a partisan weapon. The fight for a fair and impartial justice system starts now, and patriotic Americans will not back down.
