Smith vs Jordan Over Text Message Subpoenas | Tulsa News

Tulsa News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 23, 2026 · 2m

Special Counsel Jack Smith is under fire from House Republicans, led by Jim Jordan, who claim he misled them during testimony about subpoenas. Jordan’s committee argues Smith falsely implied his team never accessed lawmakers’ text messages — though Smith insisted his toll record subpoenas didn’t request message content. A referral to the Justice Department cites a legal loophole: partial truths can be misleading. Smith’s team counters that the questions were narrowly about toll records, not text messages, and the referral doesn’t dispute his answers on those specific subpoenas. Lawmakers like…