5 outlets · filed 29 September 2026

Jack Smith defends investigations into Trump during tense US Senate hearing

Former US special counsel rejects claims that his probes improperly targeted Republicans and conservative groups.

What the coverage shows

All seven outlets center Jack Smith’s Senate testimony and broadly frame it as a contentious defense of his Trump investigations. NBC News, CBS News, Fox News and Reuters use relatively neutral or straight-news wording, while The Independent foregrounds a Republican insult and a failed “conspiracy theory” claim, and the Washington Post highlights Smith saying he would not be silenced. Only Al Jazeera’s extract explicitly says he rejected claims that the probes improperly targeted Republicans and conservative groups.

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