Jack Smith's 'top-down' control of investigators violated standard law enforcement protocols

Policing, prosecution and the agencies that carry them out, from patrol and arrest through detention and the courts. Covers oversight, accountability and the conduct of officers as much as crime itself, and the legal limits placed on the use of state force.

Former special counsel Jack Smith is scheduled to testify before Chuck Grassley’s Senate Judiciary Committee on September 29, 2026, about his investigations of Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers. Republicans plan to examine whether investigators improperly obtained lawmakers’ phone records, an allegation Smith has disputed.