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Docs: Democrat Special Counsel Jack Smith Spied On, Lied To Congress

An executive agent spying on members of a legislature not only violates the Constitution but is a hallmark of authoritarian states.

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Public documents newly released by Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson show that Jack Smith spied on Congress as a special counsel, then lied to them about it. It’s the latest in a congressional investigation Grassley says has already uncovered criminal abuse of power by Democrats that is far “worse than Watergate.”

During the Biden Department of Justice’s investigation of Donald Trump under the pretext of prosecuting Jan. 6, 2021, unrest and complaints about 2020 election lawbreaking, Smith’s team ignored required procedures to view text messages written by 44 members of Congress. Yet Smith testified to Congress that he only had obtained “toll records,” or data about the texts, such as timestamps and recipients, not the text content.

Jack Smith explicitly denied under oath during his House Judiciary deposition last December that he reviewed text messages from members of Congress:Q: "Did the records that you requested from the Member of Congress include the content of text messages?"Smith: "No." https://t.co/XLb9lyFXSP pic.twitter.com/jBDSAYYQzD— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 14, 2026

Jack Smith explicitly denied under oath during his House Judiciary deposition last December that he reviewed text messages from members of Congress:Q: "Did the records that you requested from the Member of Congress include the content of text messages?"Smith: "No." https://t.co/XLb9lyFXSP pic.twitter.com/jBDSAYYQzD

Grassley and Johnson are among the lawmakers whose private communications were unconstitutionally obtained, say the newly released public records. These are the latest revelations from the lawmakers’ Arctic Frost investigation, called such after the codename for Smith’s operation.

Earlier disclosures from the investigation showed Smith illegally obtained Republican senators’ communications data and was using his investigation as a pretext to harass out of existence the entire conservative movement. He issued nearly 200 comprehensive subpoenas to more than 400 conservative individuals and organizations, all under a gag order that prevented them from telling anyone about this gross abuse of power.

The new disclosures provide yet more evidence the Biden administration violated officeholders’ oaths of office by abusing the separation of powers. The Constitution’s “speech and debate” clause protects members of........

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