{"id":2672818,"date":"2026-09-29T17:07:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-uncovered-docs-blow-up-jack-smiths-story-about-how-his-investigation-into-trump-began\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:10:13","slug":"newly-uncovered-docs-blow-up-jack-smiths-story-about-how-his-investigation-into-trump-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-uncovered-docs-blow-up-jack-smiths-story-about-how-his-investigation-into-trump-began\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly Uncovered Docs Blow Up Jack Smith&#8217;s Story About How His Investigation Into Trump Began"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fnewly-uncovered-docs-blow-up-jack-smiths-story-about-how-his-investigation-into-trump-began%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=2672818&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 article discusses newly disclosed information regarding the investigation into former President Donald Trump\u2019s handling of classified documents. It reveals that Jack Smith\u2019s case did not originate from a criminal referral by the National Archives,as Smith previously claimed. Rather, the National Archives\u2019 internal watchdog clarified that their February 2022 message to the Justice Department was a referral, but not a criminal one. The FBI considered the matter a \u201cspillage\u201d issue, with little likelihood of criminal pursuit. Smith\u2019s court filings had suggested a criminal referral prompted the probe, but evidence shows the case was based on a routine classification issue. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, after Trump\u2019s re-election, Smith dropped charges related to the classified documents and election interference cases, citing the ongoing election process and the Justice Department\u2019s stance that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted. Declassified documents indicated that the FBI did not have probable cause to raid Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago, but the Biden Justice Department proceeded anyway, which Senate Judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley described as a \u201cmiscarriage of justice.\u201d Trump publicly criticized these accusations, asserting they were politically motivated and wasting taxpayer money.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Newly released documents show that former Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s case against President Donald Trump over alleged mishandling of classified documents did not originate from a criminal referral by the National Archives, as he claimed in court documents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/09\/29\/newly-released-records-undercut-jack-smiths-account-of-how-trump-classified-documents-probe-began\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Caller<\/a> reported, \u201cThe documents reveal the National Archives\u2019 internal watchdog did not consider its February 2022 message to the Justice Department (DOJ) about Trump\u2019s possession of classified documents a criminal referral.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) case report from February 2022, obtained by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, notes that its message to the Justice Department was a referral, but not a criminal referral.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653\/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.562.0_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> in a May 2024 court filing that the investigation was \u201c[p]rompted by NARA\u2019s discovery of classified documents in the 15 boxes in January 2022 and a criminal referral from NARA in February 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, \u201cThe OIG determined that this matter and the other relevant matters be classified as -R (referral to DOJ for their assessment and guidance, not the same as a criminal referral for prosecution which is only done for criminal investigations),\u201d the Daily Caller said.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, messages show the FBI treated the referral as a \u201cspillage\u201d issue with \u201clittle likelihood of being pursued as a criminal matter,\u201d the news outlet added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere is the official PIN response to us after we had that meeting with them last week which we briefed you on. FBI and AUSA Jay Bratt (DOJ-NSD) are handling matter 1 and according to the FBI (who I spoke to last late last week) matter 1 is being handled as a \u2018spillage\u2019 which sounded like there is little likelihood of being pursued as a criminal matter,\u201d a NARA official wrote to the DOJ in February 2022 about Trump\u2019s possession of classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller\u2019s Reagan Reese posted images of the  exchange on social media Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Jack Smith told the court that the Trump classified documents probe was prompted by \u201ca criminal referral from NARA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the National Archives and Records Administration OIG considered it to be \u201cnot the same as a criminal referral for prosecution,\u201d contradicting how\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FO9BLieAP3\">pic.twitter.com\/FO9BLieAP3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reagan Reese (@reaganreese_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reaganreese_\/status\/2104927241012392440?\">September 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In November 2024, after Trump was re-elected president, Smith formally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nothing-like-ever-happened-trump-reacts-jack-smiths-final-act-closes-rough-chapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped charges<\/a> against him in both the classified documents case, brought in Florida, and the 2020 election interference case, filed in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Trump responded at the time, posting on social media, \u201cThese cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver $100 Million Dollars of Taxpayer Dollars has been wasted in the Democrat Party\u2019s fight against their Political Opponent, ME. Nothing like this has ever happened in our Country before,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought. Over $100 Million Dollars of Taxpayer Dollars has been wasted in the Democrat Party\u2019s fight against their Political Opponent, ME. Nothing like\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1861148158128169007?\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jack-smith-tried-bury-president-trump-set-testify-senate-committee-abuse-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smith<\/a> wrote in his <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149\/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.281.0_4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">motion<\/a> to dismiss the election interference case, \u201cThe Government\u2019s position on the merits of the defendant\u2019s prosecution has not changed. But the circumstances have: as a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, the defendant will be certified as President-elect on January 6, 2025, and inaugurated on January 20, 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s office explained that in light of the long-held position of the Justice Department that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted, the charges must be dropped.<\/p>\n<p>Classified documents released in December 2025, after Trump took office, showed that FBI officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/newly-declassified-s-show-fbi-desperately-wanted-avoid-mar-lago-raid-begged-bidens-doj-options-denied\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did not believe<\/a> they had probable cause to conduct the 2022 raid of Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida in the alleged mishandling of classified documents investigation, but the Biden Justice Department pushed for it anyway.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Received shocking new docs 2day from DOJ &#038; FBI showing FBI DID NOT BELIEVE IT HAD PROBABLE CAUSE to raid Pres Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home but Biden DOJ pushed for it anyway<\/p>\n<p>Based on the records Mar-a-Lago raid was a miscarriage of justice<\/p>\n<p>Read for urself: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qbJNT0tcRE\">https:\/\/t.co\/qbJNT0tcRE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ljWdjndhHE\">pic.twitter.com\/ljWdjndhHE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChuckGrassley\/status\/2000986167899250862?\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Senate Judiciary Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/newly-declassified-grassley-doc-obama-pulled-version-watergate-nearly-identical-smoking-gun-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Grassley<\/a> described the raid as a \u201cmiscarriage of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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