Jack Smith Collected Thousands of Trump Donors’ Financial Info as Part of Election Probe

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Left: Special counsel Jack Smith makes a statement to reporters in Washington, D.C., August 1, 2023. Right: Former president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., April 2, 2024.

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Former Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed at least 4,782 political donations to President Donald Trump from Americans across the country between September 2019 and August 2023, Senator Chuck Grassley revealed during a Tuesday hearing featuring the former special counsel.

The checks — which Smith’s team acquired as part of their election case against Trump, dubbed “Arctic Frost” — contained donors’ personal information, including their home addresses, bank account and routing numbers, and signatures. Some of the subpoenaed donations were for as little as $1. Grassley revealed the evidence while questioning Smith during Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary hearing and followed up with a press release containing further details.

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Eva Terry

Eva Terry is a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism for National Review. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where she studied English literature, Korean, and computer science.

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