Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
69/100
Washington Examiner's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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Politics
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Former special counsel Jack Smith gathered reporters’ private messages as part of his “Arctic Frost” investigation, according to a whistleblower disclosure to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA).
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Smith → gather → Grassley
The records show Smith’s team received communications involving reporters from more than a dozen national news organizations while investigating President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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team → show → election
The messages were produced by the National Archives in response to a June 2023 subpoena seeking records associated with 87 phones used by officials in Trump’s first White House.
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messages → produce → House
The journalists worked for outlets including the Associated Press, Reuters, CNN, Fox News, CBS News, CNBC, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, NPR, and the Los Angeles Times, according to Grassley’s office.
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journalists → work → office
The disclosure does not indicate that the journalists themselves were targets of the investigation.
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journalists → indicate → investigation
Rather, their messages with government officials were included in the White House records obtained by investigators.
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messages → include → investigators
“What will the partisan media say about this disgraceful government overreach?
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media → say → overreach
This wasn’t a normal prosecution by any means,” Grassley said in announcing the findings.
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Grassley → say → findings
The disclosure came the same day Smith appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Republicans pressed him over the breadth of Arctic Frost and Democrats defended the investigation into Trump.
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Democrats → come → Trump
Smith maintained that his investigation followed Department of Justice policies and was driven by evidence rather than politics.
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investigation → maintain → evidence
Much of Tuesday’s hearing focused on Smith’s efforts to obtain records involving lawmakers.
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Much → focus → lawmakers
Grassley for months has released records showing the surveillance by Smith’s team extended to a large number of Republican lawmakers as well.
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surveillance → release → lawmakers
As part of Smith’s surveillance sweep, he obtained communications between Trump White House officials and members of Congress through the National Archives subpoena.
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he → obtain → subpoena
Grassley has said subpoenas for 87 White House phones yielded communications involving 44 lawmakers, including the timing and contents of personal conversations, not just phone tolls.
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subpoenas → say → conversations
Smith told senators those records were relevant because investigators had evidence Trump and his allies contracted lawmakers as Congress prepared to certify Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.
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Congress → tell → victory
During the hearing, Grassley also disclosed that investigators obtained at least 4,782 donor checks, including for contributions to Trump as small as $1.
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investigators → disclose → 1
The chairman said the checks included home addresses, bank account and routing numbers, and signatures from people across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
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checks → say → states
Smith rejected accusations that Republicans were targeted because of their political affiliation.
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Republicans → reject → affiliation
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