2026-07-14
Grassley announced he received DOJ notice that Jack Smith's team obtained lawmakers' text messages during the Trump probe, with the claims attributed to the senator.
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. Grassley said…
Jack Smith's team reviewed text messages of 44 members of Congress of both parties, allegedly bypassing a privilege-screening team, in what Republicans characterize as a constitutional violation.
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. T…
Forty-four members of Congress had their text messages viewed by former special counsel Jack Smith's team amid a probe into President Trump, in an move that Republicans say "ran roughshod over the Constitution."
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the Justice Department provided records indicating that former special counsel Jack Smith's team reviewed text messages involving 44 current and former members of Congress as part of an investigation into President Trump.
The center outlet (The Hill) attributes the claims to Grassley and uses his quoted characterization ('secretly obtained'), keeping the framing sourced to the senator. The right-leaning outlets present the review more directly and amplify Republican criticism, foregrounding evaluative language such as 'ran roughshod over the Constitution' and noting the team 'apparently bypassed' a privilege-screening process, framing the action as a potential overreach.
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