WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican lawmakers on Friday asked the Justice Department to look at whether Jack Smith, the federal prosecutor who led criminal probes into Donald Trump after his first White House term, improperly obtained congressional Republicans’ call logs, the New York Post reported.

Trump has long complained about Smith and accused his investigations of being politically motivated, without providing evidence. The move by Trump’s fellow Republicans came as another critic, former national security adviser John Bolton, pleaded not guilty to mishandling classified documents.

The Post said that in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn asked that Smith be investigated by the department’s Office of Professional Responsibility.

The letter said

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