Reopening Trump’s election investigation is justified when congressional records reveal possible obstruction of certification

American campaigns and voting, from primaries and general elections to the candidates, money and rules that decide them. Covers federal, state and local contests, the machinery of casting and counting ballots, and the disputes over access that follow almost every cycle.

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.