FBI and Jack Smith scrutinized GOP senators' phone records in Jan. 6 investigation
TL;DR
In 2023, the FBI analyzed phone records of over a dozen Republican lawmakers during the investigation into efforts by Trump to overturn the 2020 election, focusing on the week of the Capitol riot, with the records showing call times but not content, raising concerns among GOP senators about privacy violations and government overreach.
- FBI analyzed phone records of senators as part of Trump Jan. 6 probe, lawmakers say AP News
- Biden-era FBI requested Senate Republican phone records, lawmakers say Politico
- Jack Smith tracked private communications, calls of nearly a dozen GOP senators during J6 probe, FBI says Fox News
- Jack Smith investigation into January 6 obtained phone records of GOP lawmakers, Republicans say CNN
- FBI analyzed some Republican lawmakers' phone records as part of Trump Jan. 6 probe, GOP senators say CBS News
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