Newly declassified records reveal that the Federal Bureau of Investigation monitored the travel of Donald Trump's family and logged phone contacts for his allies during a classified documents investigation. The White House released the documents on Monday, detailing the scope of the probe later led by special counsel Jack Smith.
The records, which describe a program named "Plasmic Echo," show agents tracking the movements of Melania and Barron Trump while planning the search of Mar-a-Lago. The investigation also involved monitoring calls made by Susie Wiles, a senior Trump aide. These monitored communications included conversations with defense lawyers, campaign advisers, and journalists.
According to the released documents, the surveillance collected call details rather than the content of the conversations. The release provides specific insight into the methods used by the Biden-era FBI as it examined Trump's inner circle.