House Panel Refers Jack Smith to DOJ | Salt Lake City News

Salt Lake City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 24, 2026 · 1m

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have launched a political firestorm by sending a criminal referral to the DOJ targeting Special Counsel Jack Smith, accusing him of making false statements during a deposition about how his team obtained toll records from lawmakers. The core dispute centers on Smith’s answer that the records did not include text messages — a claim the committee says he misled about by failing to disclose he’d accessed messages via the National Archives. Democrats and Smith’s legal team dismiss the accusation as politically motivated, insisting Smith’s answers were…