America’s top law enforcement agency was weaponized under Biden. Now the truth is coming out.
And the FBI is in the hot seat after a GOP Senator sent a revealing letter.
Lummis Probes Deeper into Alleged Surveillance Overreach
Wyoming Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis has escalated her call for details from the FBI concerning potential further monitoring of her activities, in the wake of disclosures that former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s “Arctic Frost” investigators accessed her phone records. Lummis described the episode as “one of the most serious infringements on the separation of powers in American history.”
Initial reporting from Fox News Digital on Monday uncovered that Smith’s team had conducted surveillance on Lummis alongside other GOP figures: Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, and Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania.
An exclusive FBI document secured by Fox News Digital listed these lawmakers and confirmed that a special agent from Smith’s unit performed “preliminary toll analysis” on their associated toll records. An FBI source explained to Fox News Digital that this allowed visibility into the numbers dialed by the senators, plus the originating and receiving locations for each call.
Letter Seeks Full Disclosure on Biden-Era Actions
In a formal letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, Lummis expressed gratitude to him, President Donald Trump, and Attorney General Pam Bondi for their “transparency regarding the blatantly unconstitutional surveillance activities conducted on the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives by the Biden Administration during Operation Arctic Frost.”
“Your willingness to expose these abuses is crucial to getting the FBI and Department of Justice focused back on its core mission of delivering justice for all,” she wrote in the letter, which Fox News Digital obtained.
Lummis is pressing for comprehensive FBI and DOJ files revealing which Biden administration members “authorized or approved the surveillance of my phone records and communications.” Her requests encompass the identities of all involved DOJ and FBI personnel, plus any White House figures; the complete dataset gathered on her, covering phone logs and any audio recordings or transcripts of private exchanges; cited legal justifications for the collection; and recipients of the shared data.
Additionally, she seeks records of “any other surveillance conducted by the FBI or DOJ from January 20, 2021, through January 20, 2025, on me related to my official duties as a United States senator.”
“I believe that the surveillance of sitting United States Senators by the executive branch represents one of the most serious infringements on the separation of powers in American history,” she wrote. “It seriously impinges on both my civil rights and my constitutional duties as a legislator, especially since this surveillance was directly connected to core legislative activities protected by the Speech or Debate Clause of the United States Constitution.”
Lummis stressed that “the American people deserve to know the truth about how the Biden administration weaponized federal law enforcement against their elected representatives.”
“Those responsible will be held accountable,” she wrote. “Thank you for your prompt attention to these requests, and for restoring integrity to the FBI.”
Launched within the FBI on April 13, 2022, “Arctic Frost” saw Smith step in as special counsel that November to lead the Jan. 6 inquiry.
FBI Vows Reforms and Accountability Measures
An FBI representative informed Fox News Digital that “Arctic Frost” qualifies as a “prohibited case,” necessitating extraordinary efforts in the current review to uphold transparency commitments. This finding stems from an expansive, continuing examination.
“The American people deserve the truth, and under my leadership, they will have it,” Patel told Fox News Digital. “We promised accountability for those who weaponized law enforcement, and we will deliver it.”
Patel added: “Under our watch, the FBI will never again be turned against the American people.”
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, who updated senators on the issue, remarked to Fox News Digital: “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.”
Bongino added: “Under our leadership, the FBI will never again be used as a political weapon against the American people.”
In parallel moves, the FBI has dismissed staffers and dissolved the CR-15 unit, with Patel citing the lawmakers’ “baseless monitoring” as the trigger.
“We are cleaning up a diseased temple three decades in the making — identifying the rot, removing those who weaponized law enforcement for political purposes and those who do not meet the standards of this mission while restoring integrity to the FBI. I promised reform, and I intend to deliver it,” Patel said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Patel shared on X: “Transparency is important, and accountability is critical. We promised both, and this is what promises kept looks like… We terminated employees, we abolished the weaponized CR-15 squad, and we initiated an ongoing investigation with more accountability measures ahead.”
