US Senate Dems demand apology from Chuck Grassley to Jack Smith for attacks at hearing

By: Ashley Murray

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: October 8, 2026

Words: 904

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee is demanding his colleagues across the aisle apologize to former special counsel Jack Smith after Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt launched false accusations at a recent hearing and called the former Justice Department official a “dirtbag.”

Committee ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., accused his Republican counterparts in a letter Wednesday of violating committee rules for presenting records they say supported accusations against Smith at …

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