Jack Smith doubles down against GOP accusations he lied under oath

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Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is maintaining his innocence after House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, referred him to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for potential criminal charges. Jordan accused Smith of lying while under oath during a deposition before his House GOP-led panel in December 2025. But Smith's lawyers rejected the referral as "meritless" in a letter to Jordan and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday night. JACK SMITH HIT WITH CRIMINAL REFERRAL AS GOP MOVES TESTIMONY FIGHT TOWARD PROSECUTION "Mr. Smith agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee fully cognizant of the risk that President Trump’s Justice Department would try to find something in his testimony to serve as the basis for a criminal charge," Smith's attorneys wrote in the letter obtained by Fox News Digital. "This risk existed not because Mr. Smith would make a false statement, but because President Trump has repeatedly ordered that Mr. Smith be prosecuted and jailed. That is not the rule of law. And it contravenes the principles that are critical to the vitality of our democracy." Smith was tapped to investigate whether President Donald Trump and his allies conspired to overturn the 2020 election results and if the president improperly handled classified documents. Trump has denied wrongdoing in both probes, which ended after the 2024 presidential cycle. VETERAN DEM BREAKS PARTY LINE AS JACK SMITH SPYING SCANDAL GRIPS CAPITOL HILL Jordan’s letter to Blanche on Wednesday night, first reported by Fox News Digital, argued that "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," the letter adds. The referral comes after Smith faced mounting scrutiny from Republicans over allegedly weaponizing DOJ and violating constitutional privacy protections. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released do…