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Grassley Invites Jack Smith to Testify Before Senate Judiciary on Sept. 22

The invitation follows newly public records that allege Smith’s team reviewed lawmakers’ texts before a Justice Department filter team completed privilege screening, raising constitutional and oversight questions.

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Overview

  • Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley invited former special counsel Jack Smith on Monday to appear before the committee on Sept. 22 as part of its Arctic Frost review of his Jan. 6 investigation.
  • Committee documents show Smith’s team subpoenaed the National Archives in June 2023 for texts tied to first Trump administration phones and that the production was turned over in August 2023.
  • Republican senators released mid‑July disclosures saying prosecutors accessed phone and text records tied to roughly 44 members of Congress before the DOJ filter team could screen those materials for privilege.
  • Smith and his lawyers have asked to testify publicly, he previously testified to the House Judiciary Committee in January, and House Chairman Jim Jordan has asked DOJ to consider prosecuting Smith for alleged false statements, which Smith denies.
  • The hearing could intensify partisan oversight of DOJ practices because the filter or taint team is meant to isolate privileged material, and any consequences such as prosecution face a high legal bar and will depend on what emerges at the Sept. 22 session.