WASHINGTON — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan referred one of former special counsel Jack Smith’s ex-aides for criminal prosecution for alleged obstruction of justice.
Jordan (R-Ohio) blasted Thomas Windom, a veteran attorney and former senior assistant to Smith’s 2020 election probe, for failing to answer his committee’s questions and giving shifting rationales for his refusal to do so.
“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,” Jordan wrote in a Wednesday letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“The obstruction of a committee investigation undermines Congress’s core constitutional oversight obligations.”
Windom had been under subpoena to appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Sept. 30 after being unsatisfied with his previous answers to the panel.
Jordan was rankled by Windom’s refusal to answer key questions about the Smith probe’s interactions with the since-defunct House Select Jan. 6 Committee, surveillance of Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), the Arctic Frost probe’s investigation into certain members of Congress, and more.
The Judiciary Committee chairman argued that Windom had authorization from the Justice Department to answer the committee’s questions, but refused to do so anyway.
“Windom declined to answer multiple questions during this transcribed interview on the inaccurate basis that DOJ had not authorized testimony about those topics,” Jordan wrote in his letter.
The House Judiciary Committee has been probing Smith’s investigation into President Trump and efforts to subvert the 2020 election. As part of that inquiry, he’s requested that Smith answer questions before his panel.
