Smith Team Ignored the Rules
Jack Smith’s team broke the law to read your representatives’ private texts. They accessed messages from 44 members of Congress without proper approval. This was not a mistake. It was a calculated move to bypass legal safeguards.
New documents show the special counsel’s office ignored the filter team process. The filter team is supposed to stop investigators from seeing privileged data. But they went around it anyway. The special counsel’s office “apparently bypassed the Filter Team and directly accessed these text messages,” per The Federalist.
Senator Chuck Grassley released 90 pages of emails and slides proving this breach. These records show the team looked at texts between White House staff and lawmakers. They did not ask for permission first. This violates the very rules meant to protect our government.
Blanche Admits He Does Not Know
During Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing, the truth came out in plain view. Senator John Kennedy asked a simple question that hit home for everyone. “Did Jack Smith read my emails?” Kennedy asked, per Washington Examiner.
Blanche, the nominee for attorney general, had no good answer. He told the senator, “I’m not sure, senator. I don’t know,” according to Washington Examiner. That is terrifying. The man who would lead the Justice Department cannot say if his own boss’s team broke the law.
Kennedy pressed for more details on how Smith got the messages. He asked if Smith shared them with Attorney General Garland. He even joked about Smith reading Senator Grassley’s corn harvest reports. “Did he get emails from Senator Grassley talking about his corn harvest and all that?” Kennedy asked, per Fox News Politics.
Blanche confirmed that the Department of Justice is now investigating this breach. He said there are checks in place to make this hard. “There are checks in place that should make it extraordinarily difficult for a prosecutor to collect and review a senator’s emails,” Blanche stated, per Washington Examiner. Yet here we are.
Why This Matters to You
This is not just about politicians. It is about your right to privacy and trust in our system. If a special counsel can read private texts without a filter, no one is safe. The rules exist to stop overreach. Smith’s team walked right past them.
We need leaders who will enforce the rules, not break them. Blanche’s admission shows how deep the rot goes. He cannot even confirm if the process worked. This is a failure of accountability that demands a response.
Do you think Jack Smith should face consequences for ignoring the filter team? Tell us what you think in the comments below. We need to make sure this never happens again.