GOP rep gets more than he bargained for from Jack Smith over Trump threats [View all]
By Nicole Charky-Chami
Published January 22, 2026 2:26 PM ET
A Republican lawmaker Thursday had an unexpected reaction after he asked former special counsel Jack Smith about President Donald Trump's threats.
Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) was questioning Smith during the House Judiciary Committee hearing — the first time Smith has testified publicly on the probes against Trump — when he asked about the gag order the prosecutor sought against the president.
"Mr. Smith, America was founded on the principle that the government doesn't silence political speech, in particular speech, before it happens," Cline said. "You sought a prior restraint against President Trump without a single violation of pretrial release. In fact, there was no real world harm that you could articulate, justified giving the federal government the power to silence him as a presidential candidate was there."
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How Jack Smith schooled this maga hypocrite.............
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