Former Special Counsel Smith begins statement to House panel, concluding President Trump was charged because the evidence established that he willfully broke laws he took an oath to uphold
Former Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith says in prepared testimony at a House Judiciary Committee hearing about his Arctic Frost investigation into President Trump that he loved his country and believed deeply in the core principles upon which it was founded, noting for nearly three decades he served as a career prosecutor in both Republican and Democratic administrations handling cases from domestic assault to war crimes overseas.





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