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'Dishonest': Experts Fact-Check GOP Senator’s 'Conspiracy' Claims About FBI Phone Tapping

MSNBC interrupted Senator Hawley after false claims about FBI phone tapping during the January 6 investigation were debunked by legal experts and GOP senators.

Summary by Alternet
After his questioning of Attorney General Pam Bondi at a Senate Committee Hearing Tuesday, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) ignited a firestorm of reactions after expressing outrage that, following his fleeing of the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection, his phone was investigated by President Joe Biden's Department of Justice."We learned that the FBI tapped my phone," Hawley said to Bondi at the hearing, adding, "Who knows why?"On Monday, Hawley call…

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Alternet broke the news in Washington, United States on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
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