4 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

Both outlets focus on the senator’s failed attempt to pin a perjury problem on Jack Smith and present it as a misfire rather than a successful challenge. The New York Times frames the episode around Smith defending the Trump charges, while NBC News leans harder into the senator’s “gotcha” attempt and its public embarrassment. NBC alone foregrounds the Hawks/Hawkeyes mix-up in its headline and extract.

Written by Crossfiled from the 4 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

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