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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Conservative Daily NewsFBI Says Jack Smith Monitored Private Calls Of Nearly A Dozen GOP Senators During Jan. 6 Probe
By Harold Hutchison, Daily Caller News Foundation | October 07, 2025 Former special counsel Jack Smith allegedly monitored the phone calls and personal messages of multiple Republican members of Congress during his probe of President Donald Trump’s efforts to contest the results of the 2020 presidential election, Fox News reported. Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Josh Hawley of Missouri and Marsha…
Garland's Culpability & Calls for Jack Smith's Disbarment
Jack Smith needs to go to prison, which could take some time if it happens at all. In the meantime, one of his victims, Sen. Marsha Blackburn will move to have him disbarred. Spying on the Republican senators during the J6 witch hunt is illegal, and extremely unethical. “We do know it’s illegal. We do […] The post Garland’s Culpability & Calls for Jack Smith’s Disbarment appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
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