FBI tracked Melania, Barron Trump ahead of 2022 Mar-a-Lago search, documents show
First reported 5 Oct, 10:00 UTCUpdated 6h ago5 sources
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AI-generatedRight-leaning outlets report that FBI records show agents collected travel information on Melania and Barron Trump and monitored communications of campaign adviser Susie Wiles before the 2022 Mar‑a‑Lago classified‑documents search, saying the surveillance occurred during the Biden administration.
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These outlets frame the tracking as a Biden‑era FBI operation targeting the Trump family and Wiles, describing it as part of a secret probe and implying political significance.
What everyone reports
- FBI agents sought travel details on Melania Trump
- FBI agents sought travel details on Barron Trump
- FBI monitored phone and email communications of Susie Wiles
Where coverage differs
- The New York Post says the probe was titled "Plasmic Echo" (NY Post)
- Fox News says the tracking was part of planning the Mar‑a‑Lago classified‑documents search (Fox News)
- The Daily Mail describes Wiles as Donald Trump's "future right‑hand‑woman" (Daily Mail)
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The records show agents sought detailed travel information on Trump, Melania, and Barron before searching Mar-a-Lago, while later tracking calls made by Susie Wiles.
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- FBI Tracked Susie Wiles Phone, Email Communications With Journalists, Lawyers, Political Advisors, New Documents Show (opens The Daily Signal in a new tab)
Former special counsel Jack Smith monitored the phone communications of Susie Wiles when she was Donald Trump’s campaign chief in 2024, newly released documents show. This included her communications with at least five journalists, 21 different defense attorneys, and several political advisers. Smith’s team obtained…
- Biden FBI tracked Melania and Barron Trump’s travel — and even tapped Susie Wiles phone, documents show (opens New York Post in a new tab)
The surveillance — which took place under then-President Joe Biden's administration — was part of a secret probe titled "Plasmic Echo."
- Biden-era FBI tracked Trump family travel and Wiles’ calls with lawyers in secret probe: docs (opens Fox News in a new tab)
Declassified records reveal the Biden-era FBI tracked Melania and Barron Trump's travel while planning the Mar-a-Lago classified documents search.
- Biden-era FBI tracked Melania and teenage Barron's travel and targeted Susie Wiles' phone in bombshell Trump probe (opens Daily Mail in a new tab)
Former President Joe Biden's FBI monitored Melania and Barron Trump's travel and tapped Donald Trump's future right-hand-woman's phone, according to newly released documents.
- FBI tracked Melania, Barron Trump ahead of 2022 Mar-a-Lago search, documents show (opens The Jerusalem Post in a new tab)
The records show agents sought detailed travel information on Trump, Melania, and Barron before searching Mar-a-Lago, while later tracking calls made by Susie Wiles.
