House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is calling a member of the team that prosecuted President Donald Trump to testify before his committee.
The Ohio Republican sent the subpoena to Thomas Windom, former senior assistant special counsel who worked under then-special counsel Jack Smith. Then-Attorney General Merrick Garland had appointed Smith to lead the Justice Department’s cases around Trump’s retention of classified documents and his role in efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election.
Windom previously sat with the House Judiciary panel on June 12 as part of Jordan’s probe into efforts under the previous administration to investigate Trump. According to a letter from Jordan, Windom declined to answer some questions without authorization from the Justice Department. Jordan countered that such authorization was not necessary.
“The Committee sought your voluntary cooperation with our inquiry because, due to your service as a senior official on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team, it believes you possess information that is vital to [its] oversight,” the letter from Jordan said. “Your refusal to answer several questions in your transcribed interview impedes the Committee’s oversight, and your stated bases for declining to cooperate fully are not persuasive.”
Jordan ordered Windom to appear before the panel on Sept. 30 at 10 a.m.
The Trump administration and congressional Republicans have continued to leverage their trifecta in Washington to target political adversaries, particularly those with ties to the Biden administration. Earlier this year, the Justice Department launched a so-called “Weaponization Working Group” tasked with, among other matters, reviewing efforts by Smith’s team under Biden’s DOJ.
Smith moved to dismiss the cases against Trump after he won the 2024 election, citing department policy that bars prosecuting a sitting president.
