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Top 5 moments from Jack Smith's testimony on Capitol Hill

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Former special counsel Jack Smith testified during a hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill, where he faced searing criticism from Republicans and praise from Democrats over his two prosecutions of President Donald Trump.The hearing gave Smith, a career prosecutor of nearly three decades, a rare chance to speak publicly about his work. He defended his indictments against Trump related to the 2020 election and classified documents as by-the-book and apolitical."If asked whether to prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so, regardless of whether that president was a Rep...