Smith “seemingly made willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact that contradict new documents obtained by the Committee from the DOJ.”
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has referred former special counsel Jack Smith to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation over allegedly making "willfully and intentionally false statements" to Congress during Smith’s December 2025 deposition.
Fox News confirmed on Thursday afternoon that the DOJ is looking into potential charges against Smith.
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In a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Jordan wrote, "The Committee on the Judiciary writes to refer strong evidence that appears to show Jack Smith, former Special Counsel, knowingly made false statements during his December 17, 2025 deposition."
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Jordan wrote that while testifying under oath regarding his Biden-era investigation into the 2020 election, Smith "seemingly made willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact that contradict new documents obtained by the Committee from the Department of Justice (DOJ)."
During the deposition, Jordan said that Smith had been questioned about the toll records subpoenaed from members of Congress’ phones. "The responses provided by Mr. Smith gave the impression that neither Mr. Smith nor his team had access to the content of Members’ privileged text messages. We now know this to be false."
Jordan wrote that under the Arctic Frost investigation and Smith’s investigation, "investigators unconstitutionally subpoenaed phone records for over a dozen Republican Members of Congress and obtained gag orders to prevent the Members from knowing that the Biden-Harris Administration had obtained these records."
He later added, "In the months following Jack Smith’s appointment as Special Counsel, Mr. Smith’s team proposed over a dozen additional toll record subpoenas for Republican Members of Congress, with Mr. Smith approving the vast majority of these subpoenas.
Jordan wrote that Smith was told during his deposition "that he was obliged to provide all necessary information that would make his responses truthful and to avoid half-truths or incomplete answers." Smith was questioned "about the toll records subpoenas relating to the private records of Members of Congress. The Committee sought to understand, in particular, whether Mr. Smith, or members of his team, ever received or reviewed the content of Members’ communications. During his deposition, Mr. Smith testified that he did not receive the content of Members’ text messages."
Jordan said that the responses provided by Smith "gave the impression that neither Mr. Smith nor his team had access to the content of Members’ privileged text messages. We now know this to be false."
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