WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI in 2023 analyzed phone records from more than six Republican lawmakers. President Donald Trump To overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to information released Monday by the GOP Senator.
Records allow investigators to see basic information about the date and time of the call, not the content of the communication, the senator said. Data will be posted on several days of the week of January 6th, 2021. Pro Trump Riot They stormed the US Capitol with a failed bid to stop the election results being certified.
This disclosure adds new details to the FBI’s bygone investigation; Former special advisor Jack Smith Trump and his allies head on the staircase ready for the Capitol riots to cancel election losses for the Democrats Joe Biden. Trump was charged with conspiring to overturn the outcome in August 2023, but the case was abandoned the following year by Trump’s victory, due to legal opinions from the Justice Department.
The phone record subpoena was disclosed by a Republican senator. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairing the Judiciary Committee, which oversees the FBI. Grassley said documents commemorating the “preliminary toll analysis” were found at his request. The investigation step was approved by the large ju court, the senator said.
Grassley called it “a violation of personal property and people’s rights, laws and constitutional rights.”
The document was dated September 27, 2023, and lists the next Republican lawmakers as those whose records are clearly under scrutiny. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri. Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska. Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. Senator Cynthia Ramis of Wyoming. Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania.
This document suggests that the analysis was carried out by FBI Special Agents. The name was edited and approved by two supervising agents. It does not state how or why those lawmakers were identified, or whether meaningful hints or leads emerged from their investigation work.
Most of the lawmakers were part of A group of planned Republicans Challenge the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. There were also votes to obtain certification for the results after the vote was destroyed by the rioters on January 6, 2021, but others still voted against the certification.
The senator said he would not conduct his own investigation because he expects an FBI director. Kash Patel and the assistant director Dan Bongino – Both Trump’s Loyalty – Review the issue. Grassley suggested that more people from the FBI would be fired for investigations, saying, “If your head doesn’t roll in this town, nothing will change.”