by Misty Severi
The Senate Judiciary Committee announced Friday that former Special Counsel Jack Smith will testify in front of the panel next week about his Arctic Frost investigation.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has led the Senate’s investigation into Smith and his alleged efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump and his allies, which included the revelation that Smith subpoenaed phone records of multiple GOP lawmakers during the Arctic Frost investigation.
Smith will now testify in front of the panel on Tuesday, Sept. 29.
“Jack Smith must answer for what he did to hundreds of Republican groups and individuals,” Grassley said in a statement. “The records made public to-date show rampant abuse of authority and political targeting – all on the taxpayers’ dime.
“If Jack Smith did that to Democrats, you’d never hear the end of it,” he continued. “I look forward to achieving some accountability on the part of the misguided Biden Justice Department.”
Sen. Dick Durbin on social media said, “Jack Smith investigated Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, yet for months, Senate Republicans refused to allow him to testify about what he found. I look forward to hearing what Mr. Smith has to say on Tuesday.”
Senate Judiciary Democrats also noted on social media that Smith will finally “be able to tell… his story.”
“Donald Trump spent months spreading the Big Lie and pressuring election officials & Members of Congress to help overturn the 2020 election. Jack Smith investigated this criminal effort,” the group said.
The committee hearing will take place in the Hart Senate Office Building and will begin at 9 a.m. Eastern.
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Misty Severi is a reporter for Just the News.  Zachery Schmidt is the digital editor of The Star News Network and contributed to this story.
