FBI Paid Informant to Target Trump Team in Probe
Liberty Check
- Jack Smith’s office approved a $20,000 payment to an informant during the Arctic Frost investigation targeting Trump and allies over contesting the 2020 election.
- Records show the FBI accessed email and phone data from nearly 150 Trump associates, including lawyers, advisers, and conservative leaders, raising constitutional concerns.
- Two senators pledged legal action after their records were collected, warning of abuses of power and Fourth Amendment violations.
New FBI memos released to Congress confirm federal prosecutors orchestrated payment to a confidential source as part of the Arctic Frost inquiry into opposition to 2020 election results.
The documents show that FBI Director Kash Patel expedited the disclosures to Congress to increase agency accountability after years of alleged evidence suppression by previous directors.
Patel condemned the use of paid informants, calling the probe “an egregious abuse of power and violation of the law.”
Phone and email data from 150 individuals, including White House officials and Trump lawyers, were combed by investigators seeking evidence to implicate Trump and associates for offering alternate electors.
Judge Boasberg’s order permitted Smith’s office to seize communications from eight senators and one congressman, capturing information from numerous conservative figures.
Jenna Ellis, a former Trump attorney, denounced the operation: “Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost operation crossed a constitutional red line, and everyone involved should be held accountable.”
Republican lawmakers argue the probe trampled privacy, congressional privilege, and constitutional protections, as the investigation gathered sweeping amounts of information with little regard for limited government or civil liberties.
Stay alert to government overreach and demand transparency from those wielding authority. The Constitution must remain the standard for justice.
Our freedoms depend on staying vigilant.
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