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Jack Smith hit with criminal referral as GOP moves testimony fight toward prosecution
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FIRST ON FOX: Former Biden special counsel Jack Smith could face potential criminal prosecution after Republicans accused the ex-prosecutor of misleading Congress about the scope of his investigation into President Donald Trump.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, issued a criminal referral for Smith Wednesday, arguing newly released records contradict Smith’s testimony to his committee that he did not obtain or review lawmakers’ text messages during his multiple probes into President Donald Trump.
«All individuals have an obligation to comply with a duly authorized congressional inquiry. Mr. Smith, a former public servant, is no different,» Jordan wrote in a letter to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday. «Yet his testimony included intentionally false statements designed to obstruct the Committee’s oversight.
«His conduct can only be understood as an effort to thwart the Committee’s inquiry by intentionally making false statements and representations before Congress,» Jordan continued, adding that the Justice Department should examine whether Smith’s actions warrant criminal charges.
Former U.S. special counsel Jack Smith testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Jan. 22, 2026. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
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Jordan’s letter accused Smith of making false statements during a December deposition before the House Judiciary Committee. Specifically, Jordan argued that «responses provided by Mr. Smith gave the impression that neither Mr. Smith nor his team had access to the content of members’ privileged text messages.»
«We now know this to be false,» the letter adds.
The referral comes after Smith faced mounting scrutiny from Republicans over allegedly weaponizing the Justice Department and violating constitutional privacy protections during his investigations into alleged interference during the 2020 election and Trump’s handling of classified documents.
He has denied any wrongdoing.
And Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, blasted Jordan’s referral.
«This referral deliberately distorts and misstates the facts, including what questions the Republicans actually asked at Mr. Smith’s interview. The Republicans fault Mr. Smith for not reading the minds of congressional investigators and for not volunteering information they didn’t ask for. This is absurd. Mr. Smith may be telegenic but he is not telepathic,» Raskin said in a statement.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released documents last week showing Smith’s team read the text messages of 44 members of Congress from both parties and White House staff during its investigation.
Targeted lawmakers included Jordan and Grassley in addition to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine; House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La.; and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.
Trump officials affected included former Vice President Mike Pence, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, FBI Director Kash Patel and Ivanka Trump, among others in the president’s orbit during his first term.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leaves the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday, June 11, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Grassley’s office also found that Smith’s team appeared to violate investigative protocols by accessing text messages that had not been reviewed by a «filter team,» a safeguard designed to prevent investigators from accessing privileged information, according to the documents.
When Smith was asked by congressional investigators if he examined the contents of lawmakers’ text messages during his probe, he said, «no.»
He told the House Judiciary Committee his team only sought telephone toll records.
«Toll records were sought for historical telephone routing information, collected after calls had taken place, identifying the incoming and outgoing call numbers, the time of the calls and their duration,» Smith testified in December. «Toll records do not include the content of calls.»
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks during a hearing in Washington Sept. 16, 2025 (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The Justice Department told Fox News Digital when reached for comment, «The Department can confirm receipt of the criminal referral from the House Judiciary Committee and will investigate all evidence of criminal conduct.»
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Trump gives emotional tribute to fallen Army Lt Tyler Feehan after flying grieving family on Air Force One
Trump honors fallen soldier after flying grieving family on Air Force One
President Donald Trump paid tribute to Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan during remarks at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia, revealing he flew the fallen soldier’s family aboard Air Force One, and they were in the crowd for Wednesday’s speech at Dover Air Force Base after a dignified transfer ceremony.
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President Donald Trump paid an emotional tribute to fallen Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan during an event Wednesday at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia, revealing he invited the slain soldier’s grieving family aboard Air Force One.
The family was in the crowd after Trump met with them earlier in the day at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
Trump traveled to Georgia after attending the dignified transfer ceremony of four U.S. service members killed in Jordan, including Feehan, and the president met Feehan’s parents, Shari and Stephen, and his uncle David.
Speaking to the crowd, Trump recounted learning the family was also headed to Georgia after the ceremony.
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Shari and Stephen Feehan react as President Donald Trump honors their son, Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, during remarks Wednesday at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
«I said, ‘If you want, I’ll give you a ride on Air Force One,’» Trump told the audience. «Today they were on Air Force One, and it’s quite nice, I must say.»
Trump said the family was «heartbroken» but grateful for the gesture.
«They couldn’t believe it,» he said. «They live minutes away. We’re here today.»
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President Donald Trump salutes the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, Wednesday, during a dignified transfer for U.S. service members killed during operations in the Middle East, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, was among four U.S. service members killed in Jordan while supporting a U.S. mission. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, was also among those killed. U.S. Central Command announced the deaths Saturday.
Trump said he reviews biographies of fallen service members before each dignified transfer and described Feehan as an exceptional young officer with a promising future.
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The family of Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan departs Air Force One with President Donald Trump at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., on Wednesday. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
«Lieutenant Tyler Feehan … he was a person that was going all the way,» Trump said. «He was going to be a general. He would have been a general very quickly. He was heading in that path.»
Trump then thanked Feehan’s family, whom he said he got to know during the flight from Dover to Georgia aboard Air Force One.
«But I just want to thank Tyler’s mother, Shari; his father, Stephen; and his uncle David. Great people. I got to know them a little bit on the plane and standing there and watching this site,» he said.
The first victims of restarted hostilities were identified as Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas. (U.S. Army)
Calling dignified transfers the most difficult responsibility of the presidency, Trump said he would never forget the family.
«I think it’s the toughest thing I do,» Trump said. «But to Shari and Stephen and David, we will carry Tyler’s memory in our hearts forever. I just want to thank you. It’s an honor to have you here today.»
The audience responded with sustained applause before Trump addressed Feehan’s mother directly.
Family members of fallen Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan react as President Donald Trump talks about their son at Wheeler High School Wednesday in Marietta, Ga. (Fox News Channel)
«Shari, he’s looking down right here,» Trump said. «He’s so proud right now.»
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Trump visited Georgia on Wednesday to tout his administration’s Trump Accounts initiative, saying the program would help families build long-term savings for their children as part of what he described as America’s «Golden Age.»
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Mientras aumenta el precio del petróleo, Trump amenaza con destruir puentes y centrales eléctricas de Irán
Donald Trump amenazó este miércoles con destruir puentes y centrales eléctricas en Irán por cada ataque contra barcos en el estrecho de Ormuz y advirtió que la guerra que le costó a Estados Unidos más de 37.000 millones de dólares “no ha terminado”.
“Cada vez que la República Islámica de Irán ataque a un navío en el estrecho de Ormuz, sea con misiles, drones o cualquier otro tipo de arma o munición, Estados Unidos bombardeará y destruirá UN PUENTE O UNA CENTRAL ELÉCTRICA”, escribió el presidente estadounidense en su red Truth Social.
La reanudación de las hostilidades genera inquietudes sobre el suministro de crudo y gas por el bloqueo iraní del estrecho de Ormuz y la amenaza de un cerco a los puertos de Arabia Saudita por los rebeldes de Yemen, aliados de Irán.
El bloqueo disparó los precios del petróleo y aumenta la presión sobre Trump para buscar una salida a un conflicto que ya afecta a los consumidores estadounidenses antes de unas elecciones de mitad de mandato muy reñidas.
Como consecuencia de estas tensiones, los precios del petróleo subieron considerablemente este miércoles: el barril de Brent, referencia internacional, volvió a superar los 95 dólares.
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Sin embargo, el secretario de Estado estadounidense, Marco Rubio, aseguró que Washington sigue dispuesto a buscar un acuerdo negociado con Teherán.
“Seguimos abiertos a resolverlo de manera negociada. Pero, por ahora, no parecen estar interesados en eso”, declaró Rubio en una reunión de ministros del sudeste asiático en Manila. El secretario de Estado Marco Rubio (Foto: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Pool via REUTERS)
Poco después, Trump afirmó que Irán todavía no está “listo” para cerrar un acuerdo nuclear que ponga fin a la guerra, dado que, según dijo, cada vez que se alcanza un trato la República Islámica acaba por echarse atrás”.
“Están siendo golpeados con mucha dureza y quieren llegar a un acuerdo. Pero yo digo que no están listos para hacer un acuerdo porque cada vez que hacen uno, quieren cambiarlo y todo eso. No están listos. Estarán listos muy pronto”, señaló en un mitin en Georgia.
Según el portavoz del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores iraní, Esmail Baqai, continúan los intercambios diplomáticos con Washington a través de mediadores.
En tanto, un misil estadounidense impactó este miércoles en la isla de Larak, en el estrecho de Ormuz, informó la agencia de noticias iraní Tasnim, sin un balance de daños.
Guerra impopular
A medida que la guerra se acerca a los cinco meses y se avecinan las elecciones de noviembre en Estados Unidos, Trump enfrenta una intensa presión política para poner fin a este conflicto impopular.
Los críticos señalaron el alto costo de la guerra, que el jefe del Pentágono, Pete Hegseth, dijo que se disparó a 37.500 millones de dólares, al defender ante el Congreso una solicitud de otros 67.000 millones.
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Pero Trump, por ahora, resistió la presión y el martes aseguró que el conflicto “no ha terminado en absoluto”.
Por undécima noche consecutiva, el ejército estadounidense lanzó una ofensiva contra objetivos militares de la república islámica con el fin de “seguir debilitando su capacidad para amenazar el tráfico marítimo comercial en el estrecho de Ormuz”.
Trump aseguró que el próximo objetivo de Estados Unidos podría ser un complejo subterráneo en un lugar llamado Kuhe Kolang-e Gaz La, cerca de Natanz, donde las agencias de inteligencia occidentales sospechan que Irán está construyendo una instalación no declarada de enriquecimiento de uranio.
El mando militar iraní (Jatam al Anbiya) advirtió que consideraría el ataque “una expansión de la guerra”, mientras que el portavoz de Exteriores afirmó que “la obsesión de Washington con Kuhe Kolang, donde no se realiza ninguna actividad nuclear, no es más que un pretexto inventado para la agresión, la destrucción y el sabotaje”.
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Las amenazas se producen mientras Teherán intensifica sus ataques contra objetivos en Estados del Golfo aliados de Washington.
En Kuwait, el ejército declaró que sus defensas antiaéreas están interceptando drones procedentes de Irán, mientras que Jordania afirmó haber derribado cuatro misiles iraníes y cuatro drones.
Las sirenas de alerta aérea también sonaron en Baréin.
El Ejército iraní declaró que había atacado activos estadounidenses en Kuwait y Baréin, incluyendo sistemas de defensa aérea, instalaciones de radar y edificios administrativos.
Los Guardianes de la Revolución iraníes también afirmaron haber atacado bases estadounidenses en Jordania.
Por su parte, los hutíes avanzan en su amenaza de obstaculizar el tráfico al otro lado de la península de Arabia. Ese grupo controla el estrecho de Bab el Mandeb, en el extremo sur de Yemen, por el que los buques deben pasar para llegar al Canal de Suez.
(Con información de AFP)
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