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Jack Smith defends move to seek criminal charges for Trump’s effort to overturn 2020 election

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Ex-special counsel testifies to Republican-led House panel that he followed law in holding president to accountUS politics live – latest updatesJack Smith, the former special counsel, has defended his decision to seek criminal charges against Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in his first and perhaps only public appearance to discuss the cases after they were dropped last year.“No one should be above the law in this country, and the law required that he be held to account,” Smith said in his opening remarks before the House judiciary committee. “So that is what I did.” Continue reading… More

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