Jack Smith reviewed texts from 44 lawmakers, senators say
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* Prosecutors subpoened text messages from phones used by top Trump officials * Lawmakers included 40 Republicans and four Democrats, senators say * Smith investigated Trump's attempts to overturn
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In 2022, then-Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith to handle its investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents after he announced his third presidential campaign.
Records released by Senate oversight committees reveal that Jack Smith’s investigative team bypassed internal filter teams to view the text messages of 44 lawmakers during the Trump probe
Former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigative team reviewed White House records of text messages involving 44 current and former members of Congress after apparently bypassing a team established to screen potentially privileged material, according to newly released Justice Department records.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Tuesday that he received notice from the Justice Department (DOJ) that former special counsel Jack Smith’s team "secretly obtained” text messages from lawmakers as part of a probe into President Trump.
Newly released records show that investigators working for former special counsel Jack Smith directly accessed text messages belonging to 44 current and former members of Congress.
New evidence proves that Special Counsel Jack Smith spied on dozens of Republican members of Congress, despite his sworn testimony to the contrary. Smith’s investigative […] Source
Former U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team reviewed text messages from 44 Republican and Democratic members of Congress during his investigation into President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, according to two Republican senators.
Former special counsel Jack Smith will be called before the Senate Judiciary Committee after newly released Justice Department records showed his investigative team accessed text messages involving 44 members of Congress during its criminal investigation into Trump, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck G…
Former special counsel Jack Smith’s team in 2023 bypassed certain procedures to obtain and review text messages from 44 members of Congress in an investigation of President Donald Trump, according to Justice Department documents released by senators Tuesday.
Former special counsel Jack Smith obtained text messages 44 members of Congress sent to senior White House officials during the final weeks of President Donald Trump’s first term.
* Prosecutors subpoened text messages from phones used by top Trump officials * Lawmakers included 40 Republicans and four Democrats, senators say * Smith investigated Trump's attempts to overturn
Blumenthal’s comments come after the Senate Judiciary Committee released documents on Tuesday showing that the DOJ collected text messages between 44 members of Congress and White House staff.
The Justice Department has confirmed that former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigators secretly obtained and reviewed private text messages belonging to 44 members of Congress […] Source
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith's team reviewed text messages from 44 Republican and Democratic members of Congress during his investigation into President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election, according to two Republican senators.
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