Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has asked the Justice Department to consider criminally charging special counsel Jack Smith. Jordan alleges Smith misled the committee in closed-door testimony late last year regarding the investigation of President Donald Trump and his top aides’ response to his 2020 election loss.
Background
Smith’s team of prosecutors obtained text messages between Trump administration officials and members of Congress during the investigation. The Justice Department has responded that it will investigate all evidence of criminal conduct.
Trump himself has called for Smith to be jailed, especially since he earned the dismissal of the criminal charges Smith had brought against him and returned to the presidency last year. The current Republican-led Congress has asked the Justice Department to investigate others from the Smith investigation who haven’t been charged.
Ranking Member Jamie Raskin blasted the GOP move, saying the referral will get laughed out of court and is meant to harass Jack Smith and whitewash their own participation in a scheme to overthrow our elections.
Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.
