{"id":2495431,"date":"2025-10-06T21:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-bidens-fbi-spied-on-gop-senators-phone-location-data-report\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:08:09","slug":"breaking-bidens-fbi-spied-on-gop-senators-phone-location-data-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-bidens-fbi-spied-on-gop-senators-phone-location-data-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Biden&#8217;s FBI &#8216;Spied&#8217; on GOP Senators&#8217; Phone, Location Data &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-bidens-fbi-spied-on-gop-senators-phone-location-data-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2495431&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-goes-motionless-at-swanky-fundraiser-and-gets-led-offstage-by-obama-white-house-responds\/\" title=\"... Becomes Unresponsive at High-End Fundraiser, Escorted Offstage by Obama - White House Issues Statement\">article discusses allegations<\/a> of extensive political surveillance and overreach by the FBI and DOJ under the Biden management, which some claim surpass the infamous Watergate scandal. Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley highlights whistleblower documents showing that dozens of conservative organizations-including Turning Point USA-had their records subpoenaed as part of an investigation into former President Trump. Additionally,these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-investigating-spacexs-hiring-practices-after-non-u-s-citizen-alleges-discrimination\/\" title=\"DOJ Investigating SpaceX\u2019s Hiring Practices After Non-U.S. Citizen Alleges Discrimination\">documents reveal<\/a> that the FBI &#8220;spied&#8221; on eight Republican Senators during an investigation dubbed &#8220;Arctic Frost.&#8221; Independent journalist Catherine Herridge reports these findings, emphasizing the scope and aggressive nature of the federal probe. Many Republican lawmakers have expressed outrage over what they see as politicization and weaponization of federal agencies, drawing sharp criticism and comparisons to Watergate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of the most infamous incidents in U.S. political history was the Watergate scandal that absolutely rocked the administration of then-President Richard Nixon.<\/p>\n<p>According to Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/newly-declassified-grassley-doc-obama-pulled-version-watergate-nearly-identical-smoking-gun-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grassley<\/a>, he sees an event even worse than Watergate &mdash; yet nobody is talking about it.<\/p>\n<p>Well, nobody except for Emmy award-winning independent journalist Catherine Herridge.<\/p>\n<p>And her talking points are damning:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Exclusive:<\/p>\n<p>Whistleblower documents <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckGrassley?\">@ChuckGrassley<\/a> reveal dozens of conservative organizations had their records subpoenaed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBI?\">@FBI<\/a> as part of its investigation into President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&hellip;. including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPAction_?\">@TPAction_<\/a> Turning Point Action and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPUSA?\">@TPUSA<\/a> Turning Point USA<\/p>\n<p>Extraordinary scope&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8BKYyKkuiv\">pic.twitter.com\/8BKYyKkuiv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C__Herridge\/status\/1967930301650264302?\">September 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In mid-September, Herridge took to X to point out that whistleblower documents &ldquo;reveal dozens of conservative organizations had their records subpoenaed [by the FBI] as part of its investigation into President Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Herridge also noted some of those groups included Turning Point USA, the conservative group whose founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated less than a week before her X post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Extraordinary scope reflects aggressive approach by Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bolton-takes-catastrophic-hit-investigators-reportedly-find-alarming-links-enemy-countrys-spy-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI<\/a> and DOJ,&rdquo; Herridge added. &ldquo;Critics call it evidence of overreach and weaponization.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to today, and Herridge has a whole new slew of information about just why those critics called it &ldquo;evidence of overreach and weaponization.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: RECEIPTS <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckGrassley?\">@ChuckGrassley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FBI &ldquo;Spied&rdquo; on Eight GOP Senators<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: &ldquo;Toll Analysis&rdquo; is used by FBI investigators to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >analyze cellular call data<\/a> for federal probes.<\/p>\n<p>Think of it as &ldquo;link analysis&rdquo; that shows patterns of communication, location data as well as a potential&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ld04qCERIC\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ld04qCERIC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jGpifqx503\">pic.twitter.com\/jGpifqx503<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C__Herridge\/status\/1975308893568823590?\">October 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Herridge reported Monday that the FBI whistleblower documents also confirm that the group &mdash; under the Biden administration&rsquo;s behest &mdash; &ldquo;spied&rdquo; on eight Republican members of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>And many of those lawmakers are none too pleased about it today:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I expected that countries like China and North Korea would go after me when I got to the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>But I never expected it would be my own country under Joe Biden tapping my phone. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8A15zY6brK\">pic.twitter.com\/8A15zY6brK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Coach Tommy Tuberville (@SenTuberville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTuberville\/status\/1975308135406404008?\">October 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jack Smith tracked my private communications and those of my colleagues during his witch hunt to investigate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly the type of political weaponization of the federal government under Presidents Obama and Biden that Republicans and President Trump have been&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hzGtXnjngV\">pic.twitter.com\/hzGtXnjngV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Bill Hagerty (@SenatorHagerty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorHagerty\/status\/1975302898964639810?\">October 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even those who weren&rsquo;t necessarily spied on took umbrage with the FBI&rsquo;s flagrant politicization.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This document shows the Biden FBI spied on 8 of my Republican Senate colleagues during its Arctic Frost investigation into &ldquo;election conspiracy&rdquo; Arctic Frost later became Jack Smith&rsquo;s elector case against Trump<\/p>\n<p>BIDEN FBI WEAPONIZATION=WORSE THAN WATERGATE <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V2JyiVlX48\">pic.twitter.com\/V2JyiVlX48<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckGrassley\/status\/1975297712712262100?\">October 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This document shows the Biden FBI spied on 8 of my Republican Senate colleagues during its Arctic Frost investigation into &lsquo;election conspiracy&rsquo; Arctic Frost later became Jack Smith&rsquo;s elector case against Trump,&rdquo; Grassley posted to X on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &ldquo;BIDEN FBI WEAPONIZATION=WORSE THAN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-bill-oreilly-says-potus-told-exactly-wont-release-epstein-files-agree-reasoning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATERGATE<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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