{"id":2495522,"date":"2025-10-07T08:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/docs-biden-fbi-spied-on-8-gop-senators-in-get-trump-probe\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T08:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:12:07","slug":"docs-biden-fbi-spied-on-8-gop-senators-in-get-trump-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/docs-biden-fbi-spied-on-8-gop-senators-in-get-trump-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Docs: Biden FBI Spied On 8 GOP Senators In Get-Trump Probe"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fdocs-biden-fbi-spied-on-8-gop-senators-in-get-trump-probe%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=2495522&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>Newly released documents reveal that the FBI under the Biden governance secretly obtained cell phone &#8220;tolling data&#8221; from eight Republican senators and one GOP representative during an examination known as &#8220;Arctic Frost&#8221; in early January 2021. This inquiry eventually evolved into Special counsel jack Smith&#8217;s investigation related to efforts against Donald trump. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >data collected showed phone call metadata-including call times<\/a>, recipients, duration, and location-but did not include the actual content of the calls.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley criticized the FBI&#8217;s actions as unconstitutional political targeting and worse than Watergate. Notably, the documents exposing this surveillance were found hidden within the FBI&#8217;s &#8220;Prohibited Access&#8221; system, a classified file repository that effectively makes certain information invisible to many FBI agents and hampers transparency and oversight by Congress, the Department of Justice, and others.<\/p>\n<p>This concealment raises serious concerns about potential wrongful withholding of evidence related to various investigations, including those on trump-Russia collusion and alleged Biden corruption.The revelations have sparked calls for accountability within the FBI and DOJ leadership to address what is described as a disturbing abuse of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-investigation-house-gop-request-interviews-with-david-weiss-and-12-federal-officials\/\" title=\"House GOP requests interviews with David Weiss and 12 federal officials for ... ....\">federal law enforcement power<\/a> for political purposes.  <\/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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:FBI_Building_(3561858594).jpg\">Mack Male\/Wikimedia Commons\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/deed.en\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/07\/docs-biden-fbi-spied-on-8-republican-senators-in-get-trump-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Docs:%20Biden%20FBI%20Spied%20On%208%20Republican%20Senators%20In%20Get-Trump%20Probe&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/07\/docs-biden-fbi-spied-on-8-republican-senators-in-get-trump-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Docs:%20Biden%20FBI%20Spied%20On%208%20Republican%20Senators%20In%20Get-Trump%20Probe&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/07\/docs-biden-fbi-spied-on-8-republican-senators-in-get-trump-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/07\/docs-biden-fbi-spied-on-8-republican-senators-in-get-trump-probe\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Docs:%20Biden%20FBI%20Spied%20On%208%20Republican%20Senators%20In%20Get-Trump%20Probe&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/07\/docs-biden-fbi-spied-on-8-republican-senators-in-get-trump-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The Biden FBI targeted eight Republican senators&rsquo; personal cell phone information as part of an investigation that evolved into lawfare against Donald Trump, new records published Monday show.<\/p>\n<p>The agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/arctic_frost_toll_analysis_of_us_senators.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">document<\/a> released by Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, indicates that the FBI sought and obtained the cell phone &ldquo;tolling data&rdquo; of eight GOP senators and Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Penn., as part of its &ldquo;Arctic Frost&rdquo; inquiry in 2023. That investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/07\/senators-to-national-archives-turn-over-records-from-biden-admins-get-trump-lawfare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ultimately became<\/a> Special Counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/jack-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jack Smith<\/a>&lsquo;s elector lawfare against Trump. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1614427654\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to a Senate Judiciary Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/press\/rep\/releases\/biden-fbi-spied-on-eight-republican-senators-as-part-of-arctic-frost-investigation-grassley-oversight-reveals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a>, the FBI obtained the data &ldquo;about the senators&rsquo; phone use from January 4 through January 7, 2021.&rdquo; The information, the presser noted, &ldquo;shows when and to whom a call is made, as well as the duration and general location data of the call,&rdquo; but &ldquo;does not include the content of the call.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The eight Senate Republicans targeted in the probe include Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Bill Hagerty and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, and Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Based on the evidence to-date, Arctic Frost and related weaponization by federal law enforcement under Biden was arguably worse than Watergate,&rdquo; Grassley said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/press\/rep\/releases\/biden-fbi-spied-on-eight-republican-senators-as-part-of-arctic-frost-investigation-grassley-oversight-reveals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>. &ldquo;What I&rsquo;ve uncovered today is disturbing and outrageous political conduct by the Biden FBI. The FBI&rsquo;s actions were an unconstitutional breach, and Attorney General Bondi and Director Patel need to hold accountable those involved in this serious wrongdoing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s particularly notable about the document released by Grassley&rsquo;s team is that, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/press\/rep\/releases\/biden-fbi-spied-on-eight-republican-senators-as-part-of-arctic-frost-investigation-grassley-oversight-reveals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">senator<\/a>, it was discovered in the FBI&rsquo;s &ldquo;Prohibited Access&rdquo; file. <\/p>\n<p>As The Federalist&rsquo;s Margot Cleveland previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/04\/the-fbis-ability-to-disappear-evidence-calls-for-transparency-stat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a>, &ldquo;material coded &lsquo;Prohibited Access&rsquo; in the FBI&rsquo;s Sentinel case management system will not appear in search results, meaning that users of Sentinel would not know that information relevant to their search even exists.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Sentinel users do not know that relevant evidence exists, the DOJ cannot possibly provide exculpatory or impeachment evidence to criminal defendants or fulfill their discovery obligations in civil cases. Nor could the DOJ and FBI find all responsive documents for Freedom of Information Act requests, or in response to congressional inquiries or investigations by the inspector general,&rdquo; Cleveland wrote. &ldquo;And the FBI cannot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbis-ability-to-disappear-evidence-calls-for-transparency-stat\/\" title=\"...\u2019s Ability To Disappear ... ...s For Transparency, Stat\">possibly properly investigate criminality<\/a> if its agents do not even know of potentially relevant evidence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED:[RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/03\/u-s-attorney-vetting-evidence-of-biden-corruption-did-not-know-of-fbis-ability-to-hide-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Attorney Vetting Evidence Of Biden Corruption Did Not Know Of FBI&rsquo;s Ability To Hide Documents<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is this &ldquo;Prohibited Access&rdquo; database, Cleveland noted, where several &ldquo;[d]ocuments related to the Trump\/Russia-collusion [hoax]&rdquo; were filed, which &ldquo;prevented agents in the Washington Field Office from identifying potentially relevant evidence concerning whether Fusion GPS contractor Nellie Ohr lied to Congress about her role in the Crossfire Hurricane hoax.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s also worth noting that the U.S. attorney examining materials related to the Biden family&rsquo;s corrupt business activities in Ukraine was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/03\/u-s-attorney-vetting-evidence-of-biden-corruption-did-not-know-of-fbis-ability-to-hide-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unaware<\/a> of the FBI&rsquo;s ability to effectively make certain materials invisible by coding them under &ldquo;Prohibited Access.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Whether files rendered invisible in Sentinel were likewise wrongfully withheld from Congress, the inspector general, or those submitting FOIA requests also remains unknown and will be until we get answers to some fundamental questions,&rdquo; Cleveland wrote. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. 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