Republicans’ Criminal Referral of Jack Smith Exposed as Total Nonsense

House Republicans are trying to file criminal charges against former special counsel Jack Smith. Representative Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a criminal referral for Smith to the Department of Justice Wednesday, urging the department to investigate Smith for making false statements to Congress during congressional testimony in December. At issue is a line of questioning in which Smith was asked whether he sought a search warrant for the content of text messages from…