WASHINGTON – The Republican Party members said on Monday that the FBI analyzed the personal mobile phone data of nine Republicans in the Congress as part of its investigation into the riots in January 6, the Republican Party.
The Chairman of the Judicial Committee of the Senate Chuck Grassley, R-LOWA, participated in a single-page document, and he also said that he explained that the mobile phone mobile phone from Republican lawmakers had been searched and obtained in 2023 as part of an investigation into the “Arctic frost” in FBI.
Senator Ron Johnson, R and Wisconsin, who heads the Permanent Sub -Committee in the investigations, said that the data focused on the calls conducted in the days on January 6, 2021, an attack on the Capitol in the United States, adding that it was recovered “the absence of content” but “who was calling, time, time and length of call.”
Document A private agent of the Federal Investigation Office, whose name has been revised, says the analysis of nine legislators: Johnson and Jsal Lindsay Graham, from South Carolina; Bill Hajari, from Tennessee; Josh Holie, from Missouri; Dan Sullivan, from Alaska; Tommy Tobreville, from Alabama; Sinatia Lomes, from Wyoming; And Marsha Blackburn, from Tennessee; Representative Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania.
Speaking to reporters, Grasli claimed that the records violated the privacy of Republican lawmakers. He also warned that there may be consequences for the persons concerned.
“If the heads do not roll in this city, nothing will change,” Grasli said. He did not say that he would attend Smith or other people before the Senate Judicial Committee to testify, adding that the committee does not plan to conduct any kind of oversight in the case, but it will instead depend on the FBI.
Smith’s investigation ended after Trump’s victory in the 2024 elections. He resigned from the Ministry of Justice in January a short time before Trump took office.
“The abuse of power is now ending,” said Cash Patel, director of the FBI, said on Monday night.
“Under my leadership, the FBI will present the truth and accountability, and it is not arranged again against the American people,” Patel, Books on x.
NBC News reported that many FBI agents who worked on cases related to January 6 were exposed shortly after Trump’s promise to his post this year. Three of the former senior officials filed a lawsuit against Patel and the public lawyer Bam Bondi last month for their messages. The FBI refused to comment on the lawsuit, and the Ministry of Justice did not respond to the request for comment at that time.
The majority leader of the Senate John Thun, Rubia, said he had “heavy concerns” about the revelation of the mobile phone.
“I completely support the Senate committees to reach the bottom of this outrageous abuse of power and government weapons,” Thun Books on x.