Trump-backed candidate in battleground Michigan district loses to opponent who dropped out - POLITICO

Amir Hassan lost to Tom Smith, who had suspended his campaign but is now jumping back into the race for the purple 8th District...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/05/hassan-loses-michigan-house-primary-tom-smith-01025316

 

Ways and Means chair warns he ‘won’t support’ next reconciliation bill without tax provisions - Live Updates - POLITICO

As House Republicans prepare to follow last summer’s tax and spending megabill with passage of a party-line immigration enforcement package as soon as Tuesday night, conversations have turned to what the GOP would put in a third filibuster-skirting reconciliation measure...

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/09/congress/jason-smiths-latest-warning-00954341

 

As some Republicans pursue cuts to programs for needy families...

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0S1vsKqoTDo

"You Will Rule for Them 100% of the Time": Sen. Whitehouse to Leonard Leo aligned judicial appointee

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS04lmJqeck

 

Judge Cannon permanently blocks release of Jack Smith report - POLITICO

"Judge Cannon's decision to permanently block the release of this extraordinarily significant report is impossible to square with the First Amendment and the common law," said Scott Wilkens, senior counsel at the Knight Institute. "There is no legitimate basis for its continued suppression." 

Numerous individuals and organizations, including news outlets, have also sought Smith's report under the Freedom of Information Act. Unless a higher court overrules Cannon, her order effectively blocks such requests...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/23/judge-cannon-jack-smith-classifed-docs-report-00792748

 

Lindsey Graham says Johnson is open to expanding Smith probe payouts - Live Updates - POLITICO

The interchamber communication is the latest turn in a months long saga over letting Graham and other senators sue the Justice Department for potentially millions of dollars over Smith's decision to subpoena their phone records…

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/05/congress/graham-pitches-johnson-on-payouts-00767375 

 

 

Top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, offered an opposing statement

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u1ZQjVipRnQ

Republicans tried to snag Jack Smith on technicalities. But they didn’t engage with the facts. - POLITICO

"Our Republican colleagues want to try to dirty up his investigation, but they want to try to avoid as much as possible the underlying facts, because it's all about what is incontrovertibly true: Donald Trump's determined plan to overthrow the 2020 presidential election," said Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, in an interview during a break in the hours-long hearing convened to receive Smith's first-ever public testimony... 

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/22/jack-smith-testimony-trump-00742457 

 

These are Special Counsel Jack Smith’s findings.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vxQIafvqIn8

WATCH: Rep. Crockett questions Jack Smith on Trump investigations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGga0okVHiw

 

Key moments from Jack Smith's House testimony | PBS News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday defended his investigations of Donald Trump at a public congressional hearing in which he insisted that he had acted without regard to politics and had no second thoughts about the criminal charges he brought…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/key-moments-from-jack-smiths-house-testimony

 

LIVE: Jack Smith TESTIFIES on Trump CRIMES in PUBLIC HEARING

https://www.youtube.com/live/_pStXBrwHQQ

 

WATCH: Rep. Moskowitz questions Jack Smith on Trump investigations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCGsu4bZ4Js

WATCH: Rep. Neguse questions Jack Smith on Trump investigations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iks_yh-0vZw

 

WATCH: Rep. Jayapal questions Jack Smith on Trump investigations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSEBrxrO4LE

Mass Resignations (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

The Department of Justice faces mass resignations from the Civil Rights Division and the Minneapolis US Attorney’s office over the handling of the killing of Renee Nicole Good.

Judge Engelmayer asks the parties for briefing on whether he has jurisdiction to appoint a special master, and whether Congressmen Khanna and Massie have standing to ask for one.

Jack Smith has agreed to testify publicly this week as experts debunk claims that he infringed on Donald Trump’s free speech.

President Trump is becoming disillusioned with Attorney General Pam Bondi and wants to create an office within the Justice Department that reports directly to the White House.

Plus listener questions…
Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-m9nkb-2a64dc9b

Trump administration covering up Minneapolis shooting, Sen. Tina Smith says - POLITICO

"They were calling her a domestic terrorist before they even knew what her name was," she said of Renee Good...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/11/trump-minneapolis-shooting-cover-up-smith-00721294 

 

 

Paula Poundstone on Trump, Jack Smith’s Testimony, January 6, and the “Unfair” truth

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cSmsFqUuAbA

 

Jack Smith: I had proof "beyond a reasonable doubt" of Trump's crimes

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WP2wfDuaWZA

 

7 takeaways from Jack Smith’s congressional testimony - POLITICO

The New Year's Eve transcript release buries details from the former special counsel's investigation into Donald Trump…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/31/takeaways-jack-smith-congressional-testimony-00708747