Jack Smith: Trump ‘caused’ Jan. 6 riot

What happened

The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “does not happen without” President Donald Trump, former special counsel Jack Smith told the House Judiciary Committee in closed-door testimony last month, according to a transcript and video released Wednesday.

The Dec. 17 deposition on the two defunct criminal cases against Trump was “conducted privately despite Smith’s request to testify publicly,” The Associated Press said. The panel’s Republicans released the transcript “on New Year’s Eve ...