House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is demanding answers from the Justice Department after special counsel Jack Smith admitted in a court filing that the order of items within some boxes of evidence seized from former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence is not consistent with the associated scans. Jordan has launched an investigation into potential evidence manipulation in the classified records case against Trump.
So as it turns out, Jack Smith and his team tampered with evidence
Or to put it another way: Mishandled classified materials
Whatever the left accuses everyone else of doing is exactly what they’re doing themselves!!!
Reporter Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2 explains pic.twitter.com/z9Gm8CkrE1
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 7, 2024
In a letter to the Office of Professional Responsibility Jordan expressed concerns about the Justice Department’s impartiality and whether Smith’s team misled a federal court. He is calling on the office to hold accountable attorneys who may have violated professional standards.
Jordan has given the Justice Department a deadline of May 20 to produce all documents and records related to any allegations of ethical impropriety regarding Smith or other attorneys assigned to the special counsel’s office. He is also demanding all documents and records related to the alleged manipulation of documents seized from Mar-a-Lago in August 2022.
The FBI tampered with evidence and planted documents in the Mar-a-Lago raid.
Jack Smith needs to be removed, and charges dropped against Trump. pic.twitter.com/NgoYWkDntX
— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) May 7, 2024
The inconsistencies in the evidence boxes came to light after Trump’s co-defendants requested a delay as lawyers were having trouble determining the origin of some documents.
The FBI seized 33 boxes of documents from Mar-a-Lago leading to charges against Trump including allegedly violating the Espionage Act making false statements to investigators and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges calling the case a “scam.”
Arrest Jack Smith! https://t.co/x0J95ASN0r
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) May 8, 2024