WATCH: Coons addresses GOP claims that Jack Smith was swayed by political bias as special counsel

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Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., questioned former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday in a hearing focused on Smith’s investigations into President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents and role in the Jan. 6 attack. Coons recounted the events of that day, when insurrectionists attempted to overturn what the senator said was a “free and fair election.” Coons pushed back on his colleagues’ comments that Smith actively pursued the role of special counsel, insisting Smith was a private citizen at the time, and that, ultimately, there was sufficient evidence proving Trump hid dozens of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home. “I'm sorry to say, some of my Republican colleagues have made you pay personally for that, spreading conspiracy theories about your work, calling your reputation for fairness into question,” Coons said. Smith reasserted that the prosecutors on his team were devoted to public service and had years of expertise investigating criminal matters through a non

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