Jack Smith meeting with then-FBI Director Wray recorded as ‘significant case notification’ in J6 probe
EXCLUSIVE: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith met with then-FBI Director Christopher Wray months after he began investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots and the 2020 election, Fox News Digital...
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith met with then-FBI Director Christopher Wray months after he began investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots and the 2020 election, Fox News Digital has learned. Fox News Digital exclusively reviewed the document that FBI Director Kash Patel recently shared with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Ron Johnson containing the new development. EXCLUSIVE: JACK SMITH TRACKED PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS, CALLS OF NEARLY A DOZEN GOP SENATORS DURING J6 PROBE, FBI SAYS Grassley, R-Iowa, and Johnson, R-Wis., are currently reviewing the documents as part of their joint investigation into Smith’s "Arctic Frost" probe. The information was included as part of a "significant case notification" drafted by the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division May 25, 2023. "On 5/24/2023, Special Counsel Jack Smith met with FBI Director Wray," the document reads. The meeting took place just a day before the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division created the "Significant Case Notification" document. An FBI "significant case notification" is an internal record used by the bureau to alert senior leadership and FBI field offices about a case of high public interest. This notification provided a case update on "Arctic Frost," which the bureau considered a "sensitive investigative matter." "Jack Smith claims he wants to tell his story to Congress, but when I asked him point-blank if he ever met with Garland, Monaco, or Wray as part of his investigation, he refused to answer," Grassley told Fox News Digital. JACK SMITH DEFENDS SUBPOENAING REPUBLICAN SENATORS’ PHONE RECORDS: ‘ENTIRELY PROPER’ The revelations are significant, as Grassley, in October, sent a letter that specifically asked Smith whether he had met with Wray, then-Attorney General Merrick Garland, then-Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco or then-FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate. Smith replied to Grassley, but declined to share information about any of his meetings with those…