Chairmen Johnson, Grassley Lead Letter to DOJ and FBI Demanding Documents Detailing the Biden Administration’s Targeting of Sitting Members of Congress

WASHINGTON - Yesterday, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Senate Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and 16 bicameral colleagues wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel requesting information about the Biden administration's collection of call logs from sitting Members of Congress (MOC).

This request follows an Oct. 6, 2025 briefing where FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino informed several senators that over the course of Jack Smith's elector case against President Trump - known as Arctic Frost - the FBI collected and analyzed call logs from at least nine MOCs for the period of Jan. 4, 2021 - Jan. 7, 2021. The image below shows part of the document that Deputy Director Bongino provided the senators during the briefing listing the elected officials that Jack Smith targeted.

"The Biden administration's blatant weaponization of the federal government should shock every American," the Members wrote.

Today's letter instructs the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI to turn over all records referring or relating to the collection and analysis of the call logs, including DOJ and FBI communications with personnel from the Biden White House. If these materials are subject to grand jury secrecy rules - specifically Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) - the Members requested DOJ immediately seek judicial authorization to release the requested records.

"Given that these materials relate to an unprecedented collection of records and information on sitting MOCs and raise serious constitutional concerns, Congress' need for these records clearly outweighs any interest in secrecy," the Members noted.

Today's letter stems from Chairmen Johnson and Grassley's ongoing work to expose the abuses of power connected to the Arctic Frost investigation, which also targeted 92 Republican organizations and individuals.

Sens. Johnson and Grassley were joined on the letter by all Members of Congress known to have been targeted as part of Arctic Frost, as well as all Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, including: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.). Additional cosigners include U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Ashley Moody (R-Fla.).

Read more about the letter in the New York Post.

Full text letter can be found here.

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