Former US Special Counsel Jack Smith looks on at the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2026. The committee is holding the hearing to question Smith about the investigations that led to Donald Trump being charged with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and obstruct the peaceful transfer of power, and with unlawfully retaining classified documents while blocking efforts to recover them. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)