Overview
- Trump posted late Friday on Truth Social calling for criminal cases against Merrick Garland, Christopher Wray, Jack Smith and Lisa Monaco.
- The GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee says the FBI in 2023 obtained phone metadata for about eight Republican senators and one representative, not call content.
- Committee chair Sen. Chuck Grassley released documents indicating Garland, Wray and Monaco approved opening Arctic Frost in spring 2022 and condemned the FBI’s approach.
- Attorneys for Jack Smith said investigative steps were lawful and consistent with Department of Justice policy.
- A federal watchdog opened an inquiry into Smith earlier this year, and Trump’s lawyers recently asked DOJ to pay about $230 million to settle damage claims tied to prior probes.