House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan refers Jack Smith to DOJ over alleged false statement

House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan has referred former Special Counsel Jack Smith to the Justice Department, Axios reports, alleging that Smith made false statements during congressional testimony last year about his team's access to House members' text messages. Jordan claims new documents contradict Smith's earlier testimony that his subpoena did not seek such communications. Democrats counter that Smith accurately testified about what his subpoena requested and suggest Republicans are retaliating after learning their White House communications are preserved as presidential records.

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