FBI analyzed Republican lawmakers’ phone records during Jan. 6 probe, GOP senators say
Washington – The FBI analyzed the personal mobile phone data of nine republicans of the congress as part of its investigation into the riot of January 6, the Senators of the GOP said on Monday.
The President of the Senate Judicial Committee, Chuck Grassley, R -Iowa, shared a document from a page and not classified which, according to him, shows that the mobile phone “the toll data” of the republican legislators was sought and obtained in 2023 in the framework of the FBI investigation into the “Arctic” – a precursor of the Jack Smith special lawyer Trump and his everything about Jack Smith’s results.
Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Which presides over the permanent investigation subcommittee, said the data focused on calls made in the days around January 6, 2021, attacking against the American Capitol, adding that “no content” was recovered but rather “which was called and time, date and length”.
The document indicates that a Special FBI agent, whose name is expounded, has carried out the analysis of nine GOP legislators: Johnson and Sens. Lindsey Graham, from South Carolina; Bill Hagerty, from Tennessee; Josh Hawley, from Missouri; Dan Sullivan, from Alaska; Tommy Tuberville, of Alabama; Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming; and Marsha Blackburn, from Tennessee; And the representative Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania.
Speaking to journalists, Grassley alleged that the files violated the intimacy of the Republican legislators. He also warned that there may be consequences for those involved.
“If the heads do not drive in this city, nothing changes,” said Grassley. He did not say that he would bring Smith or other people before the Senate judicial committee to testify, adding that the panel does not plan to carry out a kind of surveillance but will rather count on the FBI.
Smith’s investigation ended after Trump won the 2024 elections. He resigned from the Ministry of Justice in January shortly before Trump took office.
FBI director Kash Patel said on Monday evening that “the abuse of power ends now”.
“Under my direction, the FBI will issue truth and responsibility, and will never be armed against the American people again,” wrote Patel on X.
NBC News reported that several FBI agents who worked on cases related to January 6 were dismissed shortly after Trump’s return this year. Three former senior officials continued Patel and the Attorney General Pam Bondi last month for their layoffs. The FBI refused to comment on the trial and the Ministry of Justice did not respond to a request for comments at the time.
The head of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, Rs.d., said that he had “serious concerns” concerning the revelation of the mobile phone.
“I fully support the Senate committees to go to the bottom of this scandalous abuse of power and armament of the government,” wrote Thune on X.
