Jack Smith's 'Arctic Frost' team spied on lawmakers' texts without shielding privileged info

Investigators working for special counsel Jack Smith directly accessed text messages belonging to 44 current and former members of Congress, newly released records show.

Mr. Smith's investigators bypassed a "filter team" process meant to screen out privileged material before investigators could see it, said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs permanent subcommittee on investigations Chairman Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican.

The two senators made the records public Tuesday.