Former special counsel Jack Smith did not invoke his Fifth Amendment rights during eight hours of testimony Wednesday behind closed doors to the House Judiciary Committee, the panel’s chairman said.

“He did not take the Fifth like some of his deputies did,” Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, said on Fox News on Thursday.

Smith defended both of his investigations into Donald Trump, telling members that he charged Trump regardless of his political party affiliation. Smith and his attorneys have previously said that he wanted the opportunity to correct mischaracterizations about his investigations.

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    15 hours ago

    “He did not take the Fifth like some of his deputies did,”

    I think this is the point. Smith told his deputies to do whatever they felt was necessary to protect themselves because he wants to be fully accountability for the investigation and his team. That sort of conviction is sadly rare these days… maybe even newsworthy.