As former special counsel Jack Smith testifies publicly before Congress for the first time, President Donald Trump is watching.
In a Truth Social post Thursday afternoon, Trump wrote that Smith was being “DECIMATED” by members of the House Judiciary Committee — even as panel Republicans have yet to formally rebut the findings of Smith’s investigation into Trump’s retention of classified documents and attempts to subvert the results of the 2020 election.
The president also suggested he hoped Attorney General Pam Bondi was looking into Smith’s conduct.
“If he were a Republican, his license would be taken away from him, and far worse!” Trump wrote of Smith. “Hopefully the Attorney General is looking at what he’s done, including some of the crooked and corrupt witnesses that he was attempting to use in his case against me.”
Smith’s cases were widely seen as the strongest vehicles for putting Trump behind bars. Both matters were ultimately dropped by the Justice Department before Trump took office for the second time in 2025.
The Trump Justice Department has sought to bring criminal charges against several of the president’s political adversaries, including New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey. Trump has also long argued for Smith’s prosecution, too.
A spokesperson for Smith declined to comment on Trump’s post beyond Smith’s remarks during the hearing. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) asked Smith if he was aware of the president’s social media message and if he had a response; Smith said he did not know about it and did not have anything to add.
House Republicans have been antagonistic of Smith during the hearing so far but have focused their questioning heavily on Smith’s procedure in pursuing his cases against the president — most notably the subpoenas he obtained for the phone data of several sitting Republican lawmakers.
