US EditionSenator Lummis Blasts Biden Administration/FBI for Alleged Surveillance of Nine Republicans in Jan. 6 Probe
The FBI subpoenaed phone records of eight GOP senators and one representative during a $50 million probe into alleged 2020 election interference, officials said.
- On October 6, 2025, Senator Ron Johnson released a declassified FBI document dated September 27, 2023 showing FBI agents conducted a preliminary toll analysis of cellphone records tied to nine Republican lawmakers.
- Operation Arctic Frost began on April 13, 2022 to probe an alleged multifaceted conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election certification process and later came under Special Counsel Jack Smith.
- Among those named in the document were Senators Lindsey Graham , Marsha Blackburn , Ron Johnson , Josh Hawley , Cynthia Lummis , Bill Hagerty , Dan Sullivan , Tommy Tuberville , and Representative Mike Kelly , with call data showing dates, durations, recipient identities, and location info.
- Republican senators pressed for answers, urging oversight and a special counsel after FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino briefed them on Capitol Hill on Monday.
- The probe's wider impact includes Special Counsel Jack Smith's criminal charges against Donald Trump, costs of more than $50 million, and earlier data sweeps targeting phone data tied to Donald Trump, Mike Pence and over 92 Republican groups or individuals.
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Sen. Ernst to Newsmax: ‘We Need a Special Counsel’ for Probe on FBI’s GOP Surveillance
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is joining a growing chorus of Republican lawmakers demanding accountability after revelations that the FBI allegedly surveilled GOP members of Congress under the Biden administration. During a Wednesday appearance on Newsmax's "National Report," Ernst strongly condemned the reported surveillance, calling for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate what she described as a dangerous abuse of power. "I am 100% …
Blackburn Calls Out Jack Smith, Says Biden’s FBI Was Told To ‘Spy’ On Republicans
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said former special counsel Jack Smith should face potential prosecution after the FBI obtained the phone records of several Republican Congress members, saying it is out of the ordinary for the federal law enforcement agency to “spy on U.S. senators.” Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, revealed on Monday that the FBI had pulled cell phone “tolling data” for eight GOP senators …
Senator Lummis blasts Biden Administration/FBI for alleged surveillance of nine republicans in Jan. 6 Probe
WYOMING (KIFI) — Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) is speaking out after a newly released document revealed the FBI targeted the phone data of nine Republican members of Congress—including her—as part of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The document, released Monday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), details how the FBI targeted the legislator's personal cell phones fo…
FBI Memo Shows Jack Smith Spied on Eight GOP Senators to Nab Trump
For years, Democrats have positioned themselves as the noble guardians of American democracy, warning about threats to our institutions (always from Republicans, naturally) while wrapping... The post FBI Memo Shows Jack Smith Spied on Eight GOP Senators to Nab Trump appeared first on Patriot Journal.
FBI Obtained Phone Records of Eight GOP Senators in 2020 Election Probe, Document Shows
One former prosecutor throws cold water on the report: ‘He was investigating Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the election through the use of fake electors in Congress.’
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