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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Department of Homeland Security during a heated House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on March 4, 2026, pushing back at criticisms and outlining DHS performance in the wake of post‑shooting scrutiny as lawmakers pressed questions about readiness and response.
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem refused to answer questions about her relationship with Corey Lewandowski, a Trump ally who serves as an unpaid adviser at DHS, calling the inquiry “tabloid garbage” and insisting Lewandowski is a routine special government employee with no influence over DHS decisions.
During a highly partisan House Judiciary Committee hearing, Democrats pressed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on alleged misconduct within DHS and incidents involving immigration officers, including detentions of Americans; Noem stayed largely on message as Republicans defended her and pushed a sanctuary-jurisdiction bill, while lawmakers voiced concerns about accountability amid impeachment chatter and ongoing DHS controversies.
Kristi Noem testified before the House Judiciary Committee as a partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on amid disputes over immigration policy and funding; a separate hearing examined Minnesota’s fraud allegations and immigration enforcement, with Democrats criticizing DHS leadership and Republicans pressing Noem over her comments on domestic terrorism and funding, including a push to vote on funding soon.
Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his finding that Trump willfully broke the law in efforts to overturn the 2020 election during a five-hour House Judiciary Committee hearing, pushing back on GOP claims of politicization and stressing that no one is above the law; the tense hearing featured sharp exchanges as Smith defended the strength of the evidence and asserted Trump’s attempts to undermine the results.
House lawmakers moved four fiscal 2026 spending bills forward—including a DHS package with ICE funding—setting up final votes before the Jan. 30 funding deadline. On the same day, former DOJ prosecutor Jack Smith testified publicly before the House Judiciary Committee, with Republicans pressing him on procedure while Democrats defended the prosecutions against Trump. Trump weighed in from Davos and on Truth Social as lawmakers also cleared a path for amendments to the funding package, created an ethanol policy working group to placate farm-state Republicans, and overturned a Senate policy on data-seizure payouts; Capitol Police officers attended the Smith hearing.
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testified publicly before the House Judiciary Committee to defend the indictments against Donald Trump, while Trump urged that Smith be prosecuted. Republicans pressed questions about Smith’s independence and the subpoenas; Democrats praised him. The testimony covered Smith’s two federal cases—the effort to overturn the 2020 election and a classified-documents probe—both of which were dropped after Trump’s 2024 reelection, and Smith said he would prosecute again under the same facts if asked.
Trump watched Jack Smith’s public testimony before the House Judiciary Committee and used Truth Social to accuse Smith and urge Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate his conduct, while Republicans pressed a politically charged defense of Smith and Democrats defended the prosecution. The session ran alongside a flurry of funding votes as the House moved to finalize four fiscal 2026 spending bills ahead of a Jan. 30 government‑shutdown deadline, with officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 in attendance to witness the proceedings.
At the House Judiciary hearing, Chair Jim Jordan framed former special counsel Jack Smith as leading a politically driven pursuit of Trump, naming officials such as Fani Willis and James Comey and even referring a deputy to the DOJ; Smith defended his investigations as nonpartisan, while Democrats like Jamie Raskin argued he did his job; Trump blasted Smith on Truth Social during the proceedings, calling him 'decimated,' and several Capitol Police officers who defended the Capitol attended the hearing as observers as GOP-led funding talks continued nearby.
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith testified before the House Judiciary Committee, defending his investigations into Donald Trump and underscoring that no one is above the law as he took an oath and was escorted by Capitol Police.
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, defending his two investigations into Donald Trump—one over the 2020 election and the other into classified documents—saying the cases were pursued ‘based on the facts and the law,’ not politics. He noted that indictments were brought and later dropped after Trump won the 2024 election, and he praised the independence and integrity of his team as Republicans framed the hearing as politically charged.
Jack Smith will publicly testify before the House Judiciary Committee, insisting that Trump willfully broke the laws he swore to uphold and defending his investigations as necessary to uphold the rule of law, while praising his team’s independence amid criticism; the hearing will touch on possible co-conspirators in the election case and will avoid discussing the second, classified‑documents volume due to ongoing proceedings, following months of private testimony and prior subpoenas.
CNN reports that Jack Smith’s legal team says the former special counsel is “not afraid” of Donald Trump as he prepares for Thursday’s televised House Judiciary Committee hearing on his prosecutions. Smith led two criminal investigations against Trump, both of which are described in the piece as dismissed; several prosecutors from his office have testified to lawmakers, with some invoking the Fifth, while Smith himself may also choose to do so. Smith is expected to emphasize decades of prosecutorial experience and why he believes the investigations proved criminal activity, while avoiding sensitive sealed material, and the hearing is portrayed as a major public moment in the ongoing political-legal saga surrounding Trump.
Former DOJ special counsel Jack Smith is scheduled to testify publicly on Jan. 22 before the House Judiciary Committee about investigations into President Trump that produced two indictments, including the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case and the effort to overturn the 2020 election; the indictments were reportedly paused after Trump's 2024 victory.
Former DOJ special counsel Jack Smith will publicly testify before the House Judiciary Committee about investigations into President Donald Trump, following closed-door interviews, as Republicans press GOP oversight of the DOJ.