On the record · Updated October 1, 2026

Jack Smith quotes

Former special counsel

3 things Jack Smith said, verbatim, on September 30, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.

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Jack Smith's investigation of Trump was corrupt and politically targeted Republicans.

Disputes Sep 30

“I personally find it very hard to understand how our investigation can be viewed as partisan when the strongest witnesses, the people who were the difference between the rule of law standing and not in our case, were Republicans”

CBS News Sen. Schmitt accuses Jack Smith of perjury, then mixes up the Hawks and Hawkeyes ›

Others on this question

Chuck Grassley Senate Judiciary Committee chairman (R-Iowa) Supports

“Jack Smith’s corrupt operation undermined the rule of law and threatened our very political institutions”

Eric Schmitt Republican senator from Missouri Supports

“You have weaponized the Department of Justice against political enemies to an extent that has never happened in the history of this country”

Jack Smith attended an Atlanta Hawks game on Feb. 3, 2024.

Disputes Sep 30

“I definitely did not go to a Hawks game. I’m sure of that.”

NBC News Sen. Schmitt accuses Jack Smith of perjury, then mixes up the Hawks and Hawkeyes ›

Others on this question

Eric Schmitt Republican senator from Missouri Supports

Schmitt said the messages showed Smith was in Atlanta and attended the NBA game on Feb. 3, 2024.

Jack Smith on Courts & the law1

On the claim ledger Sep 30 Open

“If asked whether to prosecute a former president today, based on the same facts, I would do so regardless of whether that president was a Republican or a Democrat.”

on whether he would prosecute Trump again, at a Senate hearing defending his investigations

PBS NewsHour Sen. Schmitt accuses Jack Smith of perjury, then mixes up the Hawks and Hawkeyes ›

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