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The American people learned something rotten this week: an internal FBI record shows that investigators tied to former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 probe conducted phone-record analysis on multiple Republican lawmakers. If the document is accurate, it proves what many conservatives feared for years — the federal security apparatus was being used not merely to investigate crimes but to watch political opponents.
The one‑page file, labeled “CAST Assistance” and dated Sept. 27, 2023, notes preliminary “toll analysis” of call logs tied to a list of senators and one House member for the crucial January 4–7, 2021 period. The names associated with that sweep include high‑profile Republicans like Lindsey Graham, Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn, which makes this more than routine law enforcement work — it smells like surveillance of elected officials.
Senate Republicans rightly erupted when the record was released by oversight, with Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley flatly calling the revelations “arguably worse than Watergate.” That’s not hyperbole for rank partisans — it’s a sober description of political surveillance aimed at those who dared oppose the ruling party’s narrative.
FBI Director Kash Patel moved fast once the files came to light, announcing internal firings and the abolition of the CR‑15 squad that had been involved in the work, and promising a full accounting. Those steps are welcome but overdue; cleaning house is only the first step — real legal accountability and congressional oversight must follow.
Senator Marsha Blackburn herself put the outrage plainly in interviews: “To tap our phones, to pull that data… For them to use it in their investigations, how disgusting is that?” Her blunt reaction captures what millions of Americans feel when the government treats political rivals like criminal suspects by secretly harvesting their private communications.
Make no mistake: this is a constitutional problem. The First Amendment protects political speech and association; the Fourth Amendment protects against government fishing expeditions into our private lives. When prosecutors and agents treat elected lawmakers like enemies to be surveilled, they cross a red line and shred the trust that underpins our republic.
This episode must be a turning point. Republicans in Congress should use every tool at their disposal — hearings, subpoenas, and where appropriate, criminal referrals — to get to the bottom of who authorized this and why. The American people deserve to know whether this was a lawful, narrowly tailored inquiry or a weaponized political operation that violated both civil liberties and the separation of powers.
Hardworking Americans should be furious, not fearful. We must defend the Constitution against bureaucrats and partisan prosecutors who think they answer to no one. Demand accountability, support lawmakers who refuse to be intimidated, and never let the state trample the freedoms our forefathers fought to secure.
