<p>House Judiciary Committee Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) announced on Thursday that his panel is investigating alleged prosecutorial misconduct in special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s documents case against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> and two of his aides.</p>
<p>A <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-09-07-jdj-to-smith-re-woodward-allegations_0.pdf">letter</a> sent to Smith on Thursday cites media reports about allegations that Jay Bratt, a senior prosecutor involved in the special counsel&#8217;s inquiry, used &#8220;abusive&#8221; tactics. Jordan specifically raised concerns about Bratt allegedly bringing up a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/lawyer-witness-trump-docs-probe-alleges-prosecutorial-misconduct-rcna88472">judgeship application</a> in an attempt to improperly pressure a lawyer for Trump&#8217;s associate and co-defendant Walter Nauta. In addition, the chairman noted that Bratt later filed a motion alleging <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/us/politics/trump-charges-lawyer-conflicts.html">conflicts of interest</a> involving the same lawyer, Stanley Woodward.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Department’s mission is to ensure impartial justice by upholding the rule of law, requiring all Department employees — including Mr. Bratt — to maintain the highest standards of ethical conduct,&#8221; Jordan wrote. &#8220;Mr. Bratt’s attempt to bully Mr. Nauta in cooperating, first by extorting his attorney and then by alleging a conflict of interest that precludes his attorney from the case, seriously calls into question your team and your ability to remain impartial and uphold the Department’s mission.&#8221;</p>
<p>The chairman demanded various documents and records related to Woodward, his representation of Nauta and others, as well as his application to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. A deadline of 5 p.m. on September 21 was given.</p>
<p>Peter Carr, a spokesperson for the special counsel, told The Daily Wire that Smith&#8217;s team declined to comment when asked about the letter.</p>
<p>Tom Fitton, president of the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, reacted to the letter by <a href="https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1699896009109979310">posting to X</a>, &#8220;Prosecutorial misconduct at the heart of the Biden DOJ abuse of Trump.&#8221; Mike Davis, founder of the Article III Project and former chief counsel for nominations to then-Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), cheered Jordan on, <a href="https://twitter.com/mrddmia/status/1699893153158050012">saying</a>, &#8220;End [President Joe] Biden’s lawfare and blatant election interference.&#8221;</p>
<p>National security attorney Bradley Moss took a different point of view. &#8220;There is a real and serious need for congressional committees to conduct oversight of DOJ,&#8221; Moss <a href="https://twitter.com/BradMossEsq/status/1699888962343686409">said</a>. &#8220;This is not that. It’s a blatant political stunt designed only to protect the former president. The tactics allegedly employed are the type &#8216;law and order&#8217; conservatives normally love.&#8221;</p>
<p>Jordan&#8217;s new letter follows a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jordan-demands-details-on-wh-counsels-meeting-with-jack-smith-aide-fbi-agent-ahead-of-trump-indictment">demand last month</a> for the Biden administration to provide details about Bratt meeting with White House officials in the weeks leading up to Trump getting indicted. The chairman set a deadline of September 12 for that matter.</p>
<p>Trump and Nauta have been charged on claims including that they <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-personal-aide-plead-not-guilty-to-new-charges-in-us-documents-superseding-indictment">schemed to hide</a> classified documents from federal authorities and conspired to obstruct justice. They have pleaded not guilty, as has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mar-a-lago-property-manager-pleads-not-guilty-in-trump-documents-case">Carlos De Oliveira</a>, a property manager at the former president&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida who was added as a co-defendant in a superseding indictment.</p>
<p>Woodward revealed in a court filing that his former client, Mar-a-Lago IT worker Yuscil Taveras, agreed to testify in the case in exchange for not being prosecuted, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/politics/mar-a-lago-it-worker/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_term=link&amp;utm_content=2023-09-06T19%3A00%3A06">reported</a> on Wednesday. The report also said Woodward claimed in the filing that he &#8220;played no role&#8221; in the cooperation and asked the judge not to allow Taveras to testify in any future trial.</p>
<p>Trump faces charges in three other matters, including a 2020 election case also brought by Smith. He has broadly denied any wrongdoing and says he is the victim of a &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; as he runs a 2024 campaign for another term in the White House. The trial in Smith’s documents case is set to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-trial-date-documents-case-may-20-2024/">begin on May 20 in Florida</a>.</p>

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