India, Oct. 7 -- Former Special Counsel Jack Smith oversaw an FBI investigation codenamed "Arctic Frost" that allegedly involved tracking the private communications and phone calls of nearly a dozen Republican senators and one House member during the probe into the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and related election challenges, according to Fox News Digital.

The operation, launched inside the FBI on April 13, 2022, focused on "election law matters." It was later incorporated into Jack Smith's broader inquiry into Trump's post-2020 election conduct after his appointment as special counsel in November 2022.

A newly surfaced document, dated September 27, 2023, and recently discovered by FBI Director Kash Patel, details the use of the FBI's ...