Senate Republicans are falsely claiming that newly disclosed records show that the FBI “tapped” their phones during former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
A single-page document, which was publicly released by Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley one day before Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the committee, only shows that an FBI agent performed “preliminary toll analysis” of nine senators’ phone records. However, Republicans keep claiming more was going on and that it was a politically motivated task.
