Anyone surprised by the news that former special counsel Jack Smith collected the private phone records of eight Republican senators as part of his investigation into President Donald Trump was not paying attention to the prosecutor’s hardball methods. Many Democrats still cannot see how their legal aggression against Trump during his four years out of power set the stage for the dangerous revenge tour on which he is now embarked.

This week, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) published an FBI document from September 2023 showing that the bureau analyzed phone data from senators, including Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee). The search covered Jan. 4, 2021, to Jan. 7, 2021 — the days around the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Advertisement

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