The corrupt Democratic prosecutor Jack Smith testified today before the Senate Judiciary Committee and had to answer questions about his performance in the investigation against Trump
The team of former special prosecutor Jack Smith —appointed by former President Joe Biden to pursue Trump when he was a rival—tapped the phones of nearly 50 journalists and officials from the first government of the Republican leader, according to Fox News.
These revelations came to light before Smith testified today before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. The most recent records reveal that the spying operation included communications between Trump officials and journalists working for some of the largest news organizations in the country.
"What will the partisan media say about this shameful government overreach? This was not a normal investigation in any way," said Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The records come from a subpoena dated June 2, 2023, when Smith's team requested the National Archives office to provide documents containing text messages from phones associated with various officials who served in Trump's first White House.
Scandal: The prosecutor who investigated Trump at Biden's order spied on calls and texts of 50 journalists and lawmakers
In another email, dated August 21, 2023, Smith's number two, Thomas Windom, instructs team members investigating Trump —including prosecutors and FBI staff—to download documents associated with the text messages from the White House officials' phones.
The congressional committee has identified the journalists and officials whose communications appear in the records, but does not plan to disclose their names due to privacy concerns, Grassley's office indicated. Overall, this disclosure serves to raise further doubts about Smith and his team's handling of the White House records.
Pressed by Grassley during Tuesday's hearing, Smith acknowledged that he also obtained data from individuals who donated small sums of money to Trump's campaign and other politicians, with the purpose of "conducting a criminal investigation into one of the most serious crimes ever committed in the history of our nation," referring to the allegations against the then-Republican candidate.
