Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee requested Tuesday that Jack Smith , the former Justice Department special counsel, appear for an interview, part of an escalating effort among the GOP to pursue the perceived enemies of President Donald Trump.

Rep. Jim Jordan, the committee chair, charged in a letter to Smith that his prosecutions of Trump were "partisan and politically motivated." Smith has come under particular scrutiny on Capitol Hill, especially after the Senate Judiciary Committee said last week that his investigation had included an FBI analysis of phone records for more than half a dozen Republican lawmakers from the week of Jan. 6, 2021 .

Smith brought two cases against Trump, one accusing him of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election

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