DOJ urged to safeguard Jack Smith documents in Trump cases, as per GOP senators' warning against past record destruction.

Officials in the Department of Justice are being instructed by top Republican senators to preserve all records related to the investigation into President-elect Donald Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith before the new administration takes office.

In light of the Justice Department's past destruction of federal records relevant to congressional oversight and political bias influencing its decision-making process, Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson have requested that all records related to the Justice Department's criminal investigations of former President Trump by Special Counsel Smith be preserved.

"To ensure an objective and independent review, all records must be preserved to prevent the repetition of improper conduct from the past in this matter."

Before introducing charges, Smith led federal investigations into Trump's possession of classified documents and federal election interference.

Smith filed a motion to vacate all deadlines in the 2020 election interference case against Trump, which was widely expected after Trump won the presidential election last week against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Smith stated that his team will provide an updated report on the official status of the case on Dec. 2, although it has not yet been officially dropped.

Smith filed a motion in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to halt his request to appeal the classified documents case after it was dismissed by U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon.

In their correspondence, Grassley and Johnson pointed out that in 2020, DOJ records showed that the cell phones of several individuals on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team were "wiped" for various reasons during their investigation into Trump.

The devices were wiped of information due to various reasons such as forgotten passcodes, irreparable screen damage, loss of the device, or intentional deletion before they could be reviewed.

The FBI agreed to destroy any records not turned over to the investigatory team and agreed to destroy laptops associated with Secretary Clinton's staff during the investigation into her mishandling of highly classified information, as Senator Grassley's oversight revealed.

The DOJ declined to comment on Planet Chronicle Digital's request.