Newly surfaced FBI records reveal that former Special Counsel Jack Smith met with then-Director Christopher Wray on May 24, 2023 — a day before the FBI issued a “significant case notification” tied to the January 6 United States Capitol attack and related activities.
The internal alert, filed by the bureau’s Criminal Investigative Division, marked Smith’s inquiry into what it labeled a “sensitive investigative matter” that had caught the attention of top federal leadership. The timing of the meeting and the memo raises fresh questions about the level of coordination between Smith’s special-counsel team and senior FBI officials during the investigation.
Senators now overseeing agents’ reports are scrutinizing whether Smith fully disclosed his interactions with agency leadership when asked directly during oversight hearings.