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Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland Tuesday about allegations that special counsel Jack Smith tampered with evidence in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. Garland testified before the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing about oversight of the Department of Justice. Jordan questioned Garland about a May 3 filing in which Smith admitted that evidence had not been properly maintained by federal investigators following the Aug. 8, 2022, raid on Mar-a-Lago, the Florida estate owned by the former president. “Prosecutors …