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- Published: Jan. 05, 2026, 4:13 p.m.
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In a textbook illustration of a governmental scheme backfiring, Congressman Jim Jordan’s effort to discredit Special Counsel Jack Smith alternatively produced damaging grounds that Jordan past tried to hide pinch a New Year’s Eve archive dump.
The Today successful Ohio podcast dissected nan governmental miscalculation Monday, stressing that nary magnitude of governmental posturing tin alteration nan truth of what happened Jan. 6.
“Jordan released that proceeding transcript and video Just earlier 2pm connected New Year’s Eve,” Courtney Astolfi said. “And that’s correct erstwhile astir group were already mentally checked out, reasoning astir statement plans, and not needfully nan December closed doorway grounds of Special Counsel Jack Smith to Jordan’s committee… Critics opportunity this timing was nary accident. They reason that it was meant to hide immoderate beautiful damaging worldly astir Smith’s investigations into President Donald Trump.”
One revelation came from Smith’s recounting of what then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told investigators astir Jordan himself. As Astolfi explained, “Meadows had apparently said that Jordan, erstwhile he contacted nan White House that day, he appeared frightened by nan unit that was unfolding astatine nan Capitol. Meadows said that was retired of characteristic for Jordan. And Smith said that that fearfulness made it clear that what was happening was superior and dangerous.”
That revelation straight contradicts nan consequent efforts by Jordan and different Republicans to downplay nan severity of nan January 6th attack.
Podcast hosts wondered what Jordan was reasoning successful bringing successful Smith, a seasoned charismatic pinch friendly knowledge of nan grounds against Trump. They said that Smith, equipped pinch nan truth, was guaranteed to embarrass Republicans who now effort to downplay Jan. 6. And Jordan crippled Smith nan level to do conscionable that.
“It was a large correction to really induce Smith successful because he was going to show everybody. Yeah, Donald Trump did this,” said Chris Quinn. “Without Donald Trump, location is nary January 6th. This is what this was about. And Jordan looks terrible.”
Quinn said nan furtive merchandise of nan worldly failed, arsenic group ended up discussing nan Smith grounds for days. His grounds contained galore damaging specifications astir Trump’s domiciled successful nan events of January 6th.
Astolfi noted that “Smith consecutive up said Trump was nan fig successful these efforts to overturn nan election. And Smith besides said he’s beautiful definite that they would person secured a condemnation had nan lawsuit not been dismissed aft Trump won.”
Quinn summed it up: “January 6th was nan President of nan United States trying to overthrow our ain government. And nary matter really galore times MAGA Republicans effort and opportunity that didn’t happen, we each saw it. You can’t alteration what we saw. And Smith is successful nan mediate of it. He investigated it.”
Listen to nan chat here.
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