Jim Jordan demands interview with Jack Smith

Your misdeeds were so flagrant that the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility confirmed to the Committee in November 2024 that it had opened an inquiry into the tactics of your office," he said.

By Ben Whedon

Published: October 14, 2025 2:29pm

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Tuesday demanded that former special counsel Jack Smith testify before Congress about his probe of former President Donald Trump following revelations that the FBI accessed the phone records of several senators.

"As the Special Counsel, you are ultimately responsible for the prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional abuses of your office," Jordan wrote to Smith. "Your misdeeds were so flagrant that the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility confirmed to the Committee in November 2024 that it had opened an inquiry into the tactics of your office."

"Over the course of our oversight, we have written you several times to request documents relating to your politicized investigation. You failed to respond," he added.

Then Attorney General Merrick Garland named Smith as special counsel following the August 2022 FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. Smith ultimately brought charges against Trump over his alleged mishandling of classified materials, though he failed to secure a verdict prior to the election and he reisgned before Trump took office.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.