Abuse of power

Then there was a hearing scheduled by the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Republican Chuck Grassley.

This was called, and I quote, "Oversight of Jack Smith's Abuse of Authority and the Targeting of Republicans and Related Matters," end quote.

Remember, Jack Smith was the special counsel assigned to the cases examining President Trump's behavior after the 2020 election.

He ended up bringing a slew of charges against the former president over his handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and over his efforts to overturn election results.

We're going to take you there live as soon as Smith's testimony begins.

The title of the hearing gives you an idea of what this man is in for, quote, oversight of Jack Smith's abuse of authority and the targeting of Republicans and related matters, end quote.

Republicans say Smith politically went after them during his investigations of Donald Trump by going after their phone records.

Three of those Republicans are on the Judiciary Committee and they will have the opportunity to question Smith.

Just moments from now, former special counsel Jack Smith will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee in that hearing room that we're all looking at.

Smith will face questions at a hearing titled Oversight of Jack Smith's Abuse of Authority and the Targeting of Republicans and Related Matters.

Joining us now from outside the hearing room is MS Now senior Capitol Hill reporter and host of Way Too Early, Allie Vitalie.

Allie, just the sheer name of this hearing suggests [laughs] like a leading question.

From the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Jack Smith, former special counsel, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat from Minnesota, and Senator Eric Schmidt, Republican from Missouri.

The title of the hearing by the Republican majority was Oversight of Jack Smith's Abuse of Authority and the Targeting of Republicans and Related Matters.

It runs about four hours.

We covered it live on the C-SPAN networks, and you can find the full video at c-span.org. Story from Newsmax.

And of course, later this morning, former special counsel Jack Smith will will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

It's going to face questions at a hearing titled Oversight of Jack Smith's Abuse of Authority and the Targeting of Republicans and Related Matters.

The GOP has claimed Smith's investigation into Trump's efforts to subvert the 2020 election he lost was biased and that his charges against the president were political.

MSNOW has acquired Smith's opening statement where he'll directly refute that claim.

Our government.

That, of course, is the notorious Oxford graduate, Senator Foghorn Lakehorn, where today on Capitol Hill, former special counsel Jack Smith faced the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing Republicans titled, quote, Oversight of Jack Smith's Abuse of Authority and the Targeted Republicans, unquote.

Smith led the two federal investigations into Donald, involving his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, specifically in Georgia, and his illegal theft and retention of classified documents.

Republicans, because they have nothing else to do and they have nothing going for them, are accusing Smith of exceeding his authority and politically targeting Donald and other Republicans, which, by the way, he is targeting them because they are criminals who committed crimes against our country.

Now, yes, he's a former special counsel, of course, told the Senate Judiciary Committee under oath on Tuesday that his investigation, and this is really important, he said it before, but here he is doing it five weeks before an election, developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation.

Republicans who titled the hearing Oversight of Jack Smith's Abuse of Authority spent about four hours trying to turn it on him.

We even had Eric Schmidt accuse him of being in a game, a basketball game that he never attended, accused him of perjury around that, and then called him a dirtbag.

And then Senator John Kennedy asked him about the Easter Bunny, but also said he was going to throw up in his mouth from the testimony.