Former US Special Counsel Jack Smith looks on at the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2026. The committee is holding the hearing to question Smith about the investigations that led to Donald Trump being charged with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and obstruct the peaceful transfer of power, and with unlawfully retaining classified documents while blocking efforts to recover them. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Former US Special Counsel Jack Smith looks on at the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2026. The committee is holding the hearing to question Smith about the investigations that led to Donald Trump being charged with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and obstruct the peaceful transfer of power, and with unlawfully retaining classified documents while blocking efforts to recover them. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Former US Special Counsel Jack Smith arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2026. The committee is holding the hearing to question Smith about the investigations that led to Donald Trump being charged with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and obstruct the peaceful transfer of power, and with unlawfully retaining classified documents while blocking efforts to recover them. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Former US Special Counsel Jack Smith takes his seat before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2026. The committee is holding the hearing to question Smith about the investigations that led to Donald Trump being charged with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and obstruct the peaceful transfer of power, and with unlawfully retaining classified documents while blocking efforts to recover them. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

FILE - Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

President Donald Trump, from right, and first lady Melania Trump attend a tea with China's President Xi Jinping, from left, and his wife Peng Liyuan in the Red Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, from left, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, John Jovanovic, chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa., listen as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)