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Jim Jordan 'will fail miserably': Legal expert wrecks GOP’s Jack Smith ploy
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith raises his hand to swear in, before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 22, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
What happened
CNN legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori said Rep. Jim Jordan’s attempt to build a criminal case against former special counsel Jack Smith “will fail miserably.” According to AlterNet, Khardori said Smith truthfully answered questions about one method of obtaining communications; he was not asked to disclose that investigators had separately acquired White House…
The skinny
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