Fox News Politics Newsletter: Dems push DOJ to reveal hidden Jack Smith report as GOP readies deposition

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Democrats pressure Justice Department to release secret half of Jack Smith report as GOP prepares for tense testimony

As Capitol Hill prepares for a tense on-camera testimony with special counsel Jack Smith, Democrats House of Representatives They are pressuring the Justice Department to release the unpublished half of its report detailing the President Donald Trumpprocessing of confidential materials.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the committee’s top Democrat, said Smith should have a chance to talk about his full work on his own behalf ahead of a contentious closed-door meeting with lawmakers on Wednesday.

“They’re afraid of being embarrassed by what’s in the report,” Raskin told Fox News Digital Monday evening.READ MORE.

white house

AMERICAN RENTAL: Vance says they ‘might try hiring Americans’ before suing Blue State over Trump visa fee explosion

NO HARD EMOTIONS: JD Vance ignores Susie Wiles calling him conspiracy theorist in new Vanity Fair report

Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles are seen during a meeting with President Donald Trump and Mark Rutte, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, July 14, 2025. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

ECONOMIC SECURITIES: CBP announces record $200 billion in revenue amid Trump administration sanctions pressure

THE HOUSE IS DIVIDED: Trump exec in court over WH ballroom construction

President Donald Trump shows a view of his planned ballroom during his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 22, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

‘THE BEST HAS NOT COME NOW’: Trump delivers his first address to the nation

World Stage

STILL SECRETPentagon won’t release ‘top secret, complete, unedited’ video of September drug boat attack, Hegseth says

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, to brief Senate leaders on the military boat attacks. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Capitol Hill

BREAKING THE ROWS: Two key Senate Republicans join Trump’s effort to defund the federal union order

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska speaks with members of the media after the vote in front of the Capitol in Washington, DC, on Friday, October 3, 2025. (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)

SCAM INVESTIGATION: GOP investigates Obamacare broker fraud claim as Jordan presses leading insurers for answers

PARTY TENSION: Kennedy urges GOP to restart spending war amid rising cost of living, warns against squandering majority

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., wants Republicans to take advantage of the majority and reuse the budget reconciliation process to solve the affordability issue. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

POOR HEALTH: Moderate Republicans lash out at House GOP leaders and say opting out of Obamacare vote is ‘absolute bullshit—‘

across america

‘Shame on you’: Trump Cabinet official calls on Walz to resign over massive fraud scandal in harsh letter: ‘Shame on you’

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will be in St. Petersburg on December 12, 2024. He sits down for an interview with Star Tribune reporters in his office at the St. Paul State Capitol. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

FROM SPORTS TO POLITICS: Former NFL sideline star poised to shake up crowded GOP field in high-stakes Minnesota race

‘NOT BROKEN’: Former First Lady reveals Obama planned to meet Reiners the night they were killed

A security guard stands outside Rob Reiner’s home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Caroline Brehman/AP Photo)

SHE SAID YES: Donald Trump Jr announces his engagement to Bettina Anderson

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