'Everything’s on the table': Jim Jordan strongly considers calling Jack Smith to testify

15 January

Now that Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith has resigned from his post — after unsuccessfully prosecuting Donald Trump in the president-elect's January 6 and unclassified documents cases — one GOP lawmaker may go after the prosecutor.

Politico reports House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) said Wednesday that he's considering calling Smith to testify before the committee.

"Everything’s on the table," the Ohio lawmaker said, according to Politico. "I’m just now looking at his report."

Aside from the special counsel's recent resignation, this comes after Smith's final report on Trump's 2020 election case, in which he argued "that he would have been able to obtain a conviction had Trump not won reelection in 2024, making him immune to prosecution."

The final report on the incoming president's Mar-a-Lago classified documents case is expected to be released before Attorney General Merrick Garland's exit.

In November — just five days after Trump's victory — NBC News reported, "Asked specifically multiple times whether Jordan would call on Smith to testify, Jordan repeatedly dodged the question, saying simply, 'Maybe that’s been the norm, but we’re not taking anything off the table. I’m not saying for sure, but we want the information.'"

Politico's full report is available here.

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