'Bring it on!' Ted Lieu claims he's 'thrilled' over Jack Smith testimony, urges 'everyone' to watch

Trump-hating New York prosecutor Jack Smith will be in the hot seat on Thursday, if Republicans do their jobs.

Smith will sit for a second time before the bipartisan House Judiciary Committee to face questions about his two prosecutions of President Donald Trump.

Smith will publicly testify following a lengthy closed-door session in December that Trump blasted for being private.

“I’d rather see him testify publicly because there’s no way he can answer the questions,” Trump said at the time.

The House Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Jim Jordan, along with fellow Republicans Chip Roy and Matt Gaetz are expected to level allegations of misconduct and overreach against Smith.

Democrats Ted Lieu and Ro Khanna reportedly plan to bring evidence against Trump.

“Everyone should watch,” Lieu said on X, claiming to be “thrilled” about the looming public testimony.

Tomorrow, Jack Smith will testify publicly on all the evidence he collected and why Donald Trump was lawfully indicted.

Everyone should watch. pic.twitter.com/D0Y718aZ4Q

— Rep. Ted Lieu (@RepTedLieu) January 21, 2026

Meanwhile, Roy appears to be ready for Smith, saying he “was abusing his power… using DC as his playground to do his dirty work — running everything through subpoenas and using judges like Boasberg and Howell to push it all through…”

“Then suddenly he ‘moves’ to South Florida…,” Roy continued. “and in 2024 a federal judge completely SLAPS DOWN his whole operation.”

“And even after that… he STILL kept operating and signing materials as Special Counsel — despite being ruled inappropriate!”

“This guy has been abusing authority, and we need to EXPOSE it.”

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Rep. Chip Roy just dropped a BOMBSHELL: Special Counsel Jack Smith allegedly KEPT signing official documents like a federal prosecutor — even AFTER a federal judge ruled his role was INAPPROPRIATE.

That’s criminal behavior.

“He was abusing his power… using DC as… pic.twitter.com/qY452J75ea

— Charlie’s Voice Rising (@CharlieK_news) January 21, 2026

Sadly, plenty of X users weren’t planning to hold their collective breath for any meaningful accountability, as can be seen by the comments below.

That’s a new one… “We need to expose it.” I guess that means exactly what it means: expose it, then turn around and walk away… forget about it. Isn’t that what they are doing now? Maybe it was in a memo that I haven’t come across. 👀

— DreamerGCR (@DreamerGcr) January 21, 2026

Am I alone here? Same story, different day. I just keep telling myself that President Trump, and his team, have a plan. I have been more than patient. Even God ran out of patience. 😉 We need TIMELY consequences. Is there more to these stories that I don’t know about? ❤️🇺🇸

— Pamela Rubin (@pkrubin) January 22, 2026

That doesn’t mean the fighting spirit is over, as Lieu’s plea for “everyone to watch” the testimony was accepted by those who wish to see Smith go down.