Former particular counsel Jack Smith was hit with a legal referral Wednesday for allegedly deceptive Home lawmakers concerning the Biden-era investigation into President Trump.
In his grievance to the Justice Division, Home Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) contended that newly launched information seem to contradict Smith’s testimony to the panel that he didn’t receive or evaluation textual content messages from lawmakers as his staff appeared into Trump’s alleged efforts to intervene within the 2020 election.
“The Committee on the Judiciary writes to refer robust proof that seems to point out Jack Smith, former Particular Counsel, knowingly made false statements throughout his December 17, 2025, deposition,” Jordan wrote in a letter to appearing Legal professional Common Todd Blanche, obtained by The Submit.
“Whereas testifying underneath oath, Mr. Smith seemingly made willfully and deliberately false statements of fabric proven fact that contradict new paperwork obtained by the Committee from the Division of Justice (DOJ),” Jordan continued. “The Committee is offering this data for the DOJ to analyze a possible violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001.”
Throughout his deposition, Smith was requested if he sought a “search warrant for the content material of any textual content messages” from members of Congress.
“No, I don’t recall that,” the previous particular counsel responded, sustaining that he solely obtained lawmaker toll information, which embody details about calls made and obtained and when textual content messages have been transmitted however not their content material.
Jordan argued that the previous particular counsel’s responses “appeared that neither Mr. Smith nor his staff had entry to the content material of Members’ privileged textual content messages.”
“We now know this to be false,” the Ohio Republican said.
Jordan cited DOJ information launched to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) final week that confirmed greater than 40 members of Congress had their textual content messages seen by Smith’s staff.
The DOJ knowledgeable Grassley that Smith’s staff “immediately accessed” textual content messages between lawmakers and White Home workers – despatched between October 2020 and Jan. 20, 2021 – after a “Filter Workforce” arrange by the particular counsel’s workplace to make sure investigators weren’t accessing privileged paperwork or violating officers’ constitutional rights was “bypassed.”
“Based mostly on this new data, there’s trigger for investigation to find out whether or not Mr. Smith knowingly made false statements to hinder the Committee’s oversight,” Jordan wrote.
The chairman argued that Smith’s conduct “can solely be understood as an effort to thwart the Committee’s inquiry by deliberately making false statements and representations earlier than Congress.”
“We due to this fact imagine that enough proof exists for DOJ to look at whether or not Mr. Smith’s actions warrant a cost.”
The DOJ and Smith’s lawyer didn’t instantly reply to The Submit’s requests for remark.
