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New revelations show Jack Smith’s team accessed text messages from 44 Congress members during the Trump era—ignoring Justice Department protocols meant to shield legislative communications. Senators Grassley and Johnson raised alarms, calling it a constitutional overreach that bypassed protections like the Speech or Debate Clause. The texts were reviewed swiftly last August under Biden’s DOJ, sparking outrage and demands for Smith to testify—raising urgent questions about whether investigative rules were broken and whether Congress’s legal privileges were respected.

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