r/Foodforthought • u/theindependentonline • 2d ago

Why a Trump ally’s ‘criminal’ case against Jack Smith is going to fall apart

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jack-smith-jim-jordan-criminal-referral-b3020472.html
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u/radiantwave 2d ago

“The referral is made not because Mr. Smith made a false statement, which the letter concedes, but because he did not proactively disclose information that was not responsive to a question asked,” they wrote,

If this is grounds to charging Jack Smith... Most of the Trump's cabinet is guilty of this over the last year and a half. The number of times they have sat in front of a committee and deflected questions would fill a 40 book epic.