- House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan formally referred special counsel Jack Smith to the DOJ, accusing him of lying about whether his team sought lawmakers' text messages.
- Former prosecutors say the referral is weak — Smith answered narrowly worded deposition questions truthfully, and there’s no clear evidence of a crime.
- The Justice Department is reviewing the referral; Smith’s lawyers call it “spurious,” and past congressional referrals have sometimes prompted probes but rarely led to convictions.
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