Former Biden administration special counsel Jack Smith is finally facing legal accountability for his abuse of power in his failed effort to defeat President Donald Trump's candidacy through two sham federal indictments.As part of that process, Smith provided testimony to Congress via deposition, and omitted crucial information necessary for the proper exercise of congressional oversight.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan referred Smith to the Department of Justice for potential prosecution, and Smith should be gravely concerned.18 U.S.C.§ 1001 prohibits making knowingly and willfully false statements during government proceedings.
Telling a half-truth is equivalent to making a false statement—a witness cannot omit material information and then claim his testimony was technically accurate.The congressional investigators who deposed Smith warned him of his obligation, consistent with the standard oath all witnesses take: to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God.After President Trump left office, the Biden Justice Department obtained the contents of text messages of 44 Members of Congress, including 20 senators and 24 representatives.
Those members included then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the most powerful Republican in government.The government seized those contents while scouring phone records between President Trump, his associates, and members of Congress concerning the profoundly troubling 2020 election.BIDEN SPECIAL COUNSEL’S 'RUNAWAY TRAIN’ SCOOPED UP SENSITIVE LAWMAKER INFO: 'ABUSE OF POWER' Former Special Counsel Jack Smith says the Pledge of Allegiance before he prepares to testify during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Getty Images)During his deposition, Smith asserted that he had sought toll records through search warrants.
But toll records only reveal who called whom and when...