Jack the jackass

The provided text is an accurate summary of recent events involving President Donald Trump and former Special Counsel Jack Smith, based on reports from multiple sources including Democracy Now!, The Guardian, NPR, ABC News, and others.

On **Tuesday, January 20, 2026**, President Trump spoke to reporters and launched a sharp personal attack on Jack Smith, referring to him as a "sick son of a bitch" and "deranged." He described Smith as heading "radical-left Marxist prosecutors" in what Trump called a weaponized Justice Department effort against him. Trump also claimed he had removed such officials from the DOJ as part of ending "unlawful" investigations.

This came on the same day Trump's legal team filed a 19-page motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case venue) seeking to permanently block the public release of **Volume II** of Smith's final report. The motion argued the report is biased, would cause irreparable harm, and lends undue credibility to allegedly false claims. Trump's lawyers requested an order prohibiting the DOJ (including current, former, and future officials) from releasing it. (Note: Some earlier court actions, like temporary blocks by Judge Aileen Cannon, had already delayed aspects of the report's disclosure.)

**On Thursday, January 22, 2026**, Jack Smith testified publicly for the first time before the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee. He defended his investigations into Trump—covering both the classified documents case at Mar-a-Lago and efforts to overturn the 2020 election—as evidence-based, not politically motivated. Smith reiterated that Trump was "the most culpable and most responsible person" for the events surrounding January 6, 2021, and described Trump's actions as part of a criminal scheme to stay in power after his 2020 loss. He emphasized he would not be intimidated by attacks and warned against taking the rule of law for granted. The hearing featured partisan divides: Republicans criticized the probes as overreach, while Democrats supported Smith's work.

These developments reflect ongoing tensions over the special counsel's closed cases (dropped after Trump's 2024 win and return to office) and efforts to limit their public legacy. The DOJ under Trump's administration has since indicated the report should remain internal and not be released publicly.

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