US EditionFBI investigation into Kash Patel was more extensive than previously reported: Reuters
Special Counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed Verizon for over two years of Kash Patel’s detailed communications amid probes into 2020 election interference and classified documents, records show.
- On Tuesday, Republican Senators Charles Grassley, Ron Johnson, and Ted Cruz released documents revealing that former Special Counsel Jack Smith's team subpoenaed Verizon Communications for extensive personal records belonging to Kash Patel during his time as a private citizen.
- Investigators sought these records in 2022 as part of the broader inquiry into whether President Donald Trump interfered with the 2020 election or concealed classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, for which Patel received limited immunity to testify before a grand jury.
- Magistrate Judge James Mazzone issued a 2022 nondisclosure order, finding "reasonable grounds to believe that disclosure will result in flight from prosecution, destruction of or tampering with evidence, intimidation of potential witnesses and serious jeopardy to the investigation."
- Ahead of a subcommittee hearing on the code-named 'Arctic Frost' investigation, FBI spokesman Ben Williamson alleged the records show the bureau was "weaponized in ways the American people are only now beginning to fully grasp" under prior leadership.
- While the specific allegations against FBI Director Kash Patel remain unclear, congressional Democrats defended the special counsel, noting his office "followed Justice Department policies, observed legal requirements and took actions based on the facts and the law.
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Jack Smith sought phone records of Kash Patel before he was FBI chief
Special Counsel Jack Smith's team, which was pursuing Donald Trump in the period between his presidencies, obtained two secret subpoenas for phone records from Kash Patel, the man who would go on to become head of the FBI.
Senators Grassley and Johnson Release FBI Surveillance Subpoena on Kash Patel, Potentially Used for Control Leverage
Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson released 30 pages of documents today outlining how the Jack Smith investigation “Arctic Frost” was used to capture records of former Trump administration officials [SEE HERE]. In addition to information showing how Jack Smith was collaborating and strategizing with DC Judge James Boasberg in advance of the subpoena submissions, […] The post Senators Grassley and Johnson Release FBI Surveillance Subpoena on…
Documents Show Jack Smith Sought Years of Phone Records for Kash Patel During Anti-Trump Probe
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith sought more than two years of phone records belonging to current FBI Director Kash Patel while "investigating" President Donald Trump, according to documents released Tuesday by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). The post Documents Show Jack Smith Sought Years of Phone Records for Kash Patel During Anti-Trump Probe appeared first on Slay News.
Grassley Exposes Scope of Jack Smith Subpoena Effort
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith went after more than two years’ worth of records for now-FBI Director Kash Patel as part of his investigation into President Trump, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) revealed. Two subpoenas released by Grassley detail Smith’s team asking Verizon for Patel’s phone records between October 2020 and February 2023. In his prepared opening statements for a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Arctic Frost, Grassley sa…
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