MAGA Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) tried to pull a fast one this week by releasing explosive Jack Smith deposition materials on New Year's Eve, a national security reporter wrote Thursday.
Smith’s closed-door House Judiciary testimony mainly underscored that he viewed his criminal cases against President Donald Trump as fact‑driven, apolitical, and that he still believes the evidence would have produced convictions at trial.
Marcy Wheeler wrote on her Empty Wheel blog that Jordan tried to "bury" the deposition and his own "cowardice" in a "cowardly" New Year's Eve document dump.
She pointed to a portion of the transcript in which Jordan asked about why he had obtained subpoenas for the phone records of members of Congress, including Jordan’s toll records. Smith said he felt Jordan's phone records were crucial because the GOP firebrand called the White House on Jan. 6 while scared out of his mind.
"And what I recall was [Mark] Meadows stating that 'I’ve never seen Jim Jordan scared of anything,' and the fact that we were in this different situation now where people were scared really made it clear that what was going on at the Capitol could not be mistaken for anything other than what it was," Smith said.
The phone records proved Jordan actually made the call and documented exactly when it happened, providing what Smith called "extremely probative" evidence for his case.
