Unsealed Records Show Judges Approved Surveillance of Trump Senior Advisor Without Disclosure of Defense Lawyer Contacts

Unsealed Records Show Judges Approved Surveillance of Trump Senior Advisor Without Disclosure of Defense Lawyer Contacts

Newly released court filings reveal that former special counsel Jack Smith obtained judicial authorization to monitor telephone records associated with President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, without specifically disclosing that the surveillance would capture communications involving Trump's defense attorneys, journalists and political advisers.

Jack Smith team got anti-Trump judges to approve phone monitoring,...

Unsealed court records reveal at least two Obama-appointed judges -- often openly critical of President Trump -- signed off on monitoring communications for top Trump aide Susie Wiles. Smith never disclosed to the judges that he was planning on spying on lawyers. The results tracked calls made to and from lawmakers, other lawyers and journalists. Ex-prosecutor Jack Smith's team got permission to monitor the phone of Donald Trump's top aide from …

Jack Smith Team Got Anti-Trump Judges to Approve Phone Monitoring, Didn’t Reveal Lawyers as Targets

Ex-prosecutor Jack Smith's team got permission to monitor the phone of Donald Trump's top aide from two federal judges openly critical of the president and did not reveal in their written request to those judges it would be secretly tracking contacts with criminal defense lawyers, according to freshly unsealed court records. The documents made public Monday by the White House Government Transparency Task Force include two applications by the for…

Jack Smith Got Permission to Track Phone Contacts, but What About the Lawyers?

Jack Smith’s phone tracking of Trump contacts raises questions about monitoring lawyers and legal protections.