Jan. 6 Investigations and Prosecutions

A newly released transcript of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Dec. 17, 2025 House Judiciary Committee deposition shows him telling lawmakers that key portions of ex‑White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s Jan. 6 Committee testimony were second‑ or third‑hand hearsay and would be subject to exclusion or limited weight in court. Smith said he interviewed people Hutchinson relied on, including an officer who was in the presidential vehicle on Jan. 6, and found their accounts differed from the dramatic version she recounted, leading him to view her evidence as less powerful than firsthand testimony for any prosecution involving former President Donald Trump.