00:00Jordan Subpoenas, Jack Smith, Clash Over Trump, Probe Escalates
00:03House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has issued a formal subpoena to former special counsel Jack Smith,
00:11demanding that he sit for a deposition and turn over documents related to the federal investigations he led into President Donald Trump.
00:18According to the New York Post, Jordan, an Ohio Republican, sent the subpoena on Wednesday,
00:23saying Smith possesses information that is vital to the committee's oversight efforts.
00:27The move marks an escalation in Jordan's months-long attempt to scrutinize the origins, methods,
00:33and decision-making behind the two federal cases brought against Trump.
00:37He has maintained that a conviction would have been secured had Trump not won a second non-consecutive term last year.
00:44The subpoena orders Smith to appear for a deposition on December 17th and to supply the requested documents by December 12th.
00:51The committee has also targeted several of Smith's former top deputies,
00:54including Thomas Windham, whom Jordan referred to the Justice Department for potential prosecution last month.
01:00Smith had previously offered to testify publicly before both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
01:07Jordan's team rejected that offer, a decision Smith's attorney Peter Kosky criticized in a statement responding to the subpoena.
01:13We are disappointed that the offer was rejected and that the American people will be denied the opportunity to hear directly from Jack on these topics, Kosky said.
01:24Along with testimony, Jordan's subpoena seeks communications and records generated during Smith's tenure as special counsel.
01:30The request arrives at a moment when additional details about Smith's probe continue to emerge publicly,
01:37including disclosures that the FBI's Arctic Frost investigation, which Smith eventually took over,
01:43gathered phone records from 10 Republican members of Congress.
01:46The confrontation sets the stage for a high-stakes closed-door interview later this month,
01:51ensuring that Smith's decisions and the broader federal effort to prosecute Trump
01:55will remain under intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill.
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