US EditionJack Smith tracked calls of GOP senators during Jan. 6 investigation: FBI
- On October 6, 2025, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino briefed lawmakers on Capitol Hill regarding Jack Smith’s reported tracking of nearly a dozen Republican senators’ private communications during the January 6 investigation.
- This tracking emerged from the FBI’s 'Arctic Frost' operation, begun in April 2022, which formed part of Smith’s inquiry into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to challenge his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.
- Recently discovered documents, dated September 27, 2023, and obtained after a request by Sen. Chuck Grassley, list specific GOP senators whose phone records were scrutinized as part of this probe.
- FBI officials stated that agents accessed information such as call dates, times, and locations but did not review call content, with former special counsel Smith’s investigation costing taxpayers over $50 million.
- Republican lawmakers described the surveillance as a serious act of corruption, while agency leaders assured the public that such actions targeting Americans would not happen under their oversight.
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FBI Snooped on Phone Calls of GOP Members of Congress in Wake of J6, Unearthed Docs Show - The Virginia Star
by Jerry Dunleavy Jack Smith, as a Biden Justice Department special counsel, reportedly snooped on the private communications of eight Republican senators and one GOP House member as part of his investigation into the January 6 Capitol riot. An unearthed FBI record from 2023, first reported by Fox News, indicated that investigators at the bureau had “conducted preliminary toll analysis on limited toll records” tied to phone calls related to GO…
Trump to Newsmax: 'Sleazebag Jack Smith' Is 'Paying the Price'
President Donald Trump criticized former special counsel Jack Smith during an appearance on Newsmax, calling him a sleazebag and a sick person after reports emerged that Smith had ordered surveillance on the phones of multiple Republican lawmakers.
The FBI analyzed phone records of senators as part of Trump Jan. 6 probe, lawmakers say
Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan was among the lawmakers whose records were scrutinized as part of the since-shuttered investigation into steps Trump and his allies took in the run-up to the Capitol riot.
Jan. 6 probe analyzed GOP lawmakers’ phone records, senators say
WASHINGTON — Federal investigators collected and analyzed call records from the personal cellphones of eight senators and one representative as part of an investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol building, the office of Senate Judiciary Chairman…
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