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Jack Smith’s Lawyers Call Jordan Referral Spurious

7/25/2026

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Former special counsel Jack Smith’s lawyers sent a July 22 letter to Rep. Jim Jordan and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche calling the criminal referral spurious.
The letter said Smith’s December 2025 deposition answers were “unimpeachably truthful” and that the D.C. Circuit rejected Jordan’s perjury theory.
The letter asserted the texts were voluntarily sent by members of Congress, were not legislative business, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s attorneys never challenged their legality.

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Former special counsel Jack Smith’s lawyers sent a July 22 letter to Rep. Jim Jordan and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche calling the criminal referral spurious.
The letter said Smith’s December 2025 deposition answers were “unimpeachably truthful” and that the D.C. Circuit rejected Jordan’s perjury theory.
The letter asserted the texts were voluntarily sent by members of Congress, were not legislative business, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s attorneys never challenged their legality.