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Jack Smith cracks down as MAGA senator attacks wife: 'Not going to speak about my family’
Jack Smith, former special counsel at the Justice Department, attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., US, September 29, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
What happened
RawStory reports that former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith refused three times to discuss his wife’s political views during a September 29, 2026, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, asked whether Smith had been disappointed by Donald Trump’s 2016 victory, then questioned whether Smith’s wife supported Barack and Michelle Obama and had…
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