The Justice Division briefed the Home Judiciary Committee about an investigation it opened into Particular Counsel Jack Smith and his prosecutors over misconduct allegations, in accordance with a letter obtained by The Washington Examiner.
Particulars concerning the misconduct weren’t instantly clear.
The DOJ’s Workplace of Skilled Accountability (OPR) informed Chairman Jim Jordan’s committee final month a few misconduct allegation that came about in June 2023.
The OPR didn’t take any motion in opposition to Jack Smith’s workplace as a result of ongoing lawfare investigations into Trump.
Each of Jack Smith’s circumstances in opposition to President Trump have been terminated since Trump received the 2024 presidential election.
The Washington Examiner reported:
The Division of Justice just lately briefed the Home Judiciary Committee about an inner investigation it had opened into particular counsel Jack Smith’s workplace, in accordance with committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH).
Jordan wrote Wednesday in a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner to Jeffrey Ragsdale, the DOJ Workplace of Skilled Accountability official who gave the briefing, that Jordan was unhappy with the data Ragsdale offered throughout it.
Ragsdale had stated through the briefing, which came about final month, that he opened the inquiry into potential misconduct by Smith’s workplace in June 2023 however that he had not been capable of take any additional investigative steps whereas Smith’s prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump remained pending, per Jordan. Ragsdale had stated any motion he took would have interfered with Smith’s circumstances, each of which have been terminated since Trump’s election win.
“Whereas we respect you confirming an open investigation into Jack Smith’s prosecutors, we’re involved that your refusal to take immediate investigative steps will permit these attorneys to evade inner accountability by leaving the Division,” Jordan wrote.
Ragsdale had stated he opened the inquiry into Smith’s workplace after somebody working below Smith “self-reported” the potential misconduct to Ragsdale’s workplace, in accordance with Jordan.
DOJ briefs Home GOP on inner inquiry into Jack Smith misconduct allegationshttps://t.co/d3CP7JIPeV
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) December 5, 2024
