{"id":2512378,"date":"2025-11-19T13:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-judiciary-committee-refers-former-jack-smith-attorney-for-prosecution\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T13:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:34:38","slug":"house-judiciary-committee-refers-former-jack-smith-attorney-for-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-judiciary-committee-refers-former-jack-smith-attorney-for-prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"House Judiciary Committee refers former Jack Smith attorney for prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-judiciary-committee-refers-former-jack-smith-attorney-for-prosecution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2512378&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The House Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), has referred Thomas Windom, a former attorney for ex-special counsel Jack Smith, to the Justice Department for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >criminal prosecution due<\/a> to alleged obstruction of Congress. Windom reportedly refused to answer numerous questions during a committee interview and deposition, citing lack of DOJ authorization to disclose certain facts. However,the DOJ had authorized his testimony,making his refusal unjustified. Windom declined to discuss topics such as his interactions with the House jan. 6 Select Committee,the FBI&#8217;s seizure of Rep. Scott Perry&#8217;s cellphone, and the &#8220;Arctic Frost&#8221; investigation into Republican lawmakers. He invoked various privileges and rights to justify his silence. Jordan&#8217;s referral accuses Windom of corruptly obstructing the congressional investigation, emphasizing that such refusal undermines congress&#8217;s oversight function. Simultaneously occurring, Jack Smith himself has faced republican scrutiny over his investigations into former President Donald Trump, with calls for him to testify publicly before Congress. Democrats,led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, have urged Jordan to accept Smith&#8217;s offer to testify publicly, noting that past special counsels have done so.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House Judiciary Committee refers former Jack Smith attorney Thomas Windom for prosecution<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2406112\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Judiciary Committee Chairman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jim-jordan\/\">Jim Jordan<\/a> (R-OH) on Wednesday referred Thomas Windom, a former attorney for then-special counsel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jack-smith\/\">Jack Smith<\/a>, to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\">Justice Department<\/a> for criminal prosecution related to his alleged obstruction of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\">Pam Bondi<\/a>, Jordan lays out how Windom refused to answer multiple questions during a transcribed interview in June and a required deposition in September.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3891926\/watch-live-hakeem-jeffries-press-conference-2\/\">WATCH LIVE: Jeffries holds press conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3890969\/house-vote-dc-criminal-justice-enforcement-bills\/\">House set to vote on bills targeting DC criminal justice enforcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3891712\/luna-swamp-protects-itself-criticism-failure-to-censure-plaskett\/\">Anna Paulina Luna says &lsquo;swamp protects itself&rsquo; in criticism of failure to censure Stacey Plaskett&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Smith&rsquo;s former aide declined to answer the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-judiciary-committee\/\">House Judiciary Committee&rsquo;s<\/a> questions, claiming that he did not have authorization from the DOJ to divulge information on various topics. However, his argument was rendered moot because the DOJ did authorize Windom&rsquo;s compelled testimony before the initial interview.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Windom invoked an absurd and indefensible interpretation of DOJ&rsquo;s authorization by refusing to testify about communications with FBI officials in part on the grounds that FBI officials are not &lsquo;DOJ officials,&#8217;&rdquo; Jordan <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/2025-11-19-jdj-to-doj-re-windom-referral.pdf\">wrote in the 193-page letter<\/a> featuring transcripts of the attorney&rsquo;s answers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This position is nonsensical because the FBI is a component of the Department of Justice and the Department specifically informed Windom&rsquo;s attorney that the Committee would inquire about communications with FBI officials,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;Windom also refused to provide certain details, including names and information about the other prosecutors he worked with during the investigations into President Trump, citing lack of specific Department authorization. These positions are in direct conflict with the Department&rsquo;s clear direction to provide &lsquo;unrestricted testimony&rsquo; about the topics under inquiry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The topics that Windom declined to address include his past interactions with the House Jan. 6 Select Committee, the FBI&rsquo;s seizure of Rep. Scott Perry&rsquo;s (R-PA) cellphone, and the Biden administration&rsquo;s &ldquo;Arctic Frost&rdquo; investigation of other Republican lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I respectfully decline to respond for the reasons stated by my counsel,&rdquo; he repeatedly responded.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many reasons that Windom provided for not being able to disclose sensitive information to the GOP-majority committee, according to the letter, were an &ldquo;unspecified First Amendment privilege, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-client-privilege-federal-prosecutors-for-sdny-working-to-seize-rudy-giulianis-emails\/\" title=\"\u201c...-Client Privilege?\u201d \u2013 Federal Prosecutors for SDNY Working to Seize Rudy Giuliani\u2019s Emails\">attorney-client privilege<\/a>, a misguided belief that the Committee had no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-doj-tells-treasury-to-deliver-trumps-tax-returns-to-congress\/\" title=\"Biden DOJ Tells Treasury To Deliver Trump\u2019s Tax Returns To ...\">legitimate legislative purpose<\/a> for the inquiry, and his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jordan is asking Bondi to subject Windom to criminal prosecution for &ldquo;corruptly&rdquo; obstructing or impeding the congressional investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congress cannot perform its oversight function if witnesses who appear before its committees corruptly refuse to provide information that the law requires them to furnish,&rdquo; the top Republican on the congressional panel said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3891534\/thune-senate-gop-backlash-arctic-frost-surveillance-provision\/\">THUNE FIELDS SENATE GOP BACKLASH OVER &lsquo;ARCTIC FROST&rsquo; SURVEILLANCE PROVISION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Smith himself has become a target for Republicans since he left office. Last month, Jordan <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3849905\/house-judiciary-committee-demands-jack-smith-testimony\/\">asked Smith to testify<\/a> regarding his &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nathan-wade-nowhere-to-be-found-as-house-republicans-attempt-to-subpoena-him-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Nathan Wade nowhere to be found as House Republicans attempt to subpoena him - Washington Examiner\">politically motivated prosecutions&#038;rdquo<\/a>; of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>. In response, Smith <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3862979\/jack-smith-testimony-before-congress-public\/\">asked for a public hearing<\/a> where he could testify.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jamie-raskin\/\">Jamie Raskin<\/a> (D-MD), in his official capacity as ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, led his party in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats-judiciary.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/ranking-member-raskin-urges-chairman-jordan-to-accept-former-special-counsel-jack-smith-s-offer-to-testify-publicly-before-congress\">urging Jordan<\/a> to accept Smith&rsquo;s offer. Raskin argued that &ldquo;every modern&rdquo; special counsel has provided public testimony about their investigations into a sitting or former president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Judiciary Committee refers ex-attorney Windom for prosecution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2512379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP20009718396806.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[67353,44641,32463,67354],"class_list":["post-2512378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-attorney-prosecution","tag-house-judiciary-committee","tag-jack-smith","tag-legal-referral"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP20009718396806.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2512378"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2512382,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512378\/revisions\/2512382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2512379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2512378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2512378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2512378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}