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FBI Paid Informant $20,000 in Jack Smith Trump Probe

Records reveal the payment was part of investigative efforts in the Arctic Frost probe, with Republicans claiming political targeting of Trump allies in the 2023 investigation.

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FBI Director Kash Patel released documents to Congress showing former Special Counsel Jack Smith's office approved a $20,000 payment to a confidential informant in June 2023 during the Arctic Frost investigation into efforts to contest the 2020 election results, prompting President Trump to call for Smith's imprisonment on Saturday.

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Lucianne broke the news in on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
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