Jack Smith's Team Monitored Trump Campaign Aide Susie Wiles' Phone

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How did the left and right cover Jack Smith's Team Monitored Trump Campaign Aide Susie Wiles' Phone?

Of the 10 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 100% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 11. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Jack Smith's Team Monitored Trump Campaign Aide Susie Wiles' Phone left or right?

Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 10 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.

Is the coverage of Jack Smith's Team Monitored Trump Campaign Aide Susie Wiles' Phone biased?

Jack Smith's Team Monitored Trump Campaign Aide Susie Wiles' Phone is one event reported by 11 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting Jack Smith's Team Monitored Trump Campaign Aide Susie Wiles' Phone?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered Jack Smith's Team Monitored Trump Campaign Aide Susie Wiles' Phone?

11 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

What kind of monitoring was conducted on Susie Wiles' phone?

Newly released documents show that Jack Smith's team used a pen register and trap-and-trace device to monitor Susie Wiles' phone activity. This technology records metadata such as call times, duration, and numbers involved, but does not capture the content of the conversations.

Who did Susie Wiles communicate with that was monitored?

The monitoring of Susie Wiles' phone activity captured her communications with at least 21 Trump-affiliated defense lawyers, campaign staff, political advisers, and at least five journalists. Most of the specific names involved were redacted in the released documents.

When did this phone monitoring take place?

The phone monitoring of Susie Wiles' activity occurred from at least February through May 2023. This period falls within the broader FBI investigation codenamed 'Plasmic Echo'.