The weaponized FBI appears to have crossed yet another red line — this time, allegedly tracking the private communications of sitting U.S. senators.
Documents obtained by Fox News Digital show that former Special Counsel Jack Smith and his “Arctic Frost” team were monitoring the phone records and locations of nearly a dozen Republican lawmakers, including Sens. Lindsey Graham, Josh Hawley, Marsha Blackburn, and Ron Johnson. The records show the FBI’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team conducted a “preliminary toll analysis” of their communications during Smith’s investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol events.
The discovery was made by new FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino, who immediately briefed the lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Bongino condemned the findings, saying, “It is a disgrace that I have to stand on Capitol Hill and reveal this — that the FBI was once weaponized to track the private communications of U.S. lawmakers for political purposes. That era is over.”
According to officials, the surveillance was conducted after Smith subpoenaed major phone providers in 2023 — long after the events of Jan. 6. The case, labeled “ARCTIC FROST—Election Law Matters—SENSITIVE INVESTIGATIVE MATTER,” was later deemed a “prohibited case.”
Patel pledged full transparency, declaring, “The American people deserve the truth, and under my leadership, they will have it.”
