Jack Smith Faces Congress, Doesn't Take Fifth: Is This Real Life?!

WTF Just Happened

Okay, stop the presses! Jack Smith, the former special counsel who investigated Donald J. Trump, just spent a mind-boggling eight hours testifying behind closed doors to the House Judiciary Committee. Can you even process that?

And get this: Chairman Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, basically dropped a bombshell. He announced that Smith didn't take the Fifth Amendment!

Wait, WHAT? While some of his deputies reportedly did? What fresh heck is this?!

Wait, HOW Did This Happen?

So, House Republicans, spearheaded by Rep. Jim Jordan, slapped Smith with a subpoena. Why? They've been screaming about his investigations into then-former President Trump's classified documents and the 2020 election interference, claiming they were all

"partisan and politically motivated prosecutions."

Smith, though? He showed up. He reportedly defended both investigations, telling committee members that he charged Trump without caring about his political party affiliation. He wanted to correct all those supposed mischaracterizations.

Is anyone else completely flabbergasted? Someone actually *wants* to explain themselves to their biggest critics for eight hours straight?

Are We Serious Right Now?

Okay, but *seriously*?! The man who led the charge against a former President actually testifies for eight hours without invoking his Fifth Amendment right?

Meanwhile, we find out some of his own staff—his *deputies*—reportedly clammed up!

"One of them took the Fifth 70-some times,"

Jordan claimed on Fox News. Seventy. Times.

Are we living in a legal drama where everyone forgot their lines? How do you plead the Fifth *that many times* and still work on the same investigation?! It's absolutely bananas! To make it even wilder, one of those Fifth-takers, Thomas Windom, has already received a criminal referral to the Justice Department for allegedly obstructing their investigation. You literally cannot make this up!

So… What Happens Now?

Jim Jordan is now hinting at a *public* hearing for Smith. A public spectacle after eight hours behind closed doors? What could they possibly ask him in public that they didn't already grill him on privately? The mind boggles.

Meanwhile, four *more* of Smith's deputies are being called in for interviews. Will they also take the Fifth? Is this just going to be an endless parade of silence and unanswered questions, dragging this out forever?

It feels like an infinite loop of accusations, defenses, and constitutional rights being invoked. What could possibly spiral next? We're all just watching this train wreck, aren't we? The plot, my friends, just keeps thickening with absolutely no end in sight!