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Journalist: Jack Smith criminal referral is ‘a messaging effort’
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July 23, 2026
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1:43Now PlayingHouse Judiciary chair Rep. Jim Jordan, R-OH, referred former special counsel Jack Smith to the Justice Department for a potential criminal investigation for lying to congress. Smith brought forward two federal criminal cases against President Donald Trump, including one accusing him of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Jordan alleges Smith intentionally made false statements in a deposition to Congress last December. MS NOW senior national security reporter David Rohde tells Morning Joe the move is “a messaging effort” on the part of the GOP to “sow confusion.”
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