Jack Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 30, 2026, about his Trump investigations, declining to invoke the Fifth Amendment and turning back Republican questioning. The discussion has since moved to Senator Schmitt calling Smith a dirtbag and accusing him of perjury without apologizing, and to a correction that Smith attended a Maryland-Iowa women's basketball game with Caitlin Clark in February 2024, not an Atlanta Hawks game. On October 4, Judge Cannon denied FBI agents' motion seeking clarification on testifying before the Fort Pierce grand jury. The hearing's political fallout remains contested.