Jack Smith Spied on Republican Senators, Tapping into Their Phones
Jack Smith, the deep state henchman that Biden’s DOJ appointed as Special Counsel to prosecute Trump on charges involving the January 6, 2021, protest and the classified documents cases, has lately been in the headlines again. The current FBI leadership has released official documents of electronic communications at the FBI showing that Smith spied on several Republican senators during the January 6 probe headed by him.
On October 6, Fox News broke the story of Smith spying on Republican senators, including tracking their private phone calls, while he was investigating the January 6 protest at the federal capitol. The story published a redacted copy of the FBI document dated September 27, 2023, making the names of FBI agents involved in the spying scheme invisible. These agents were assigned to conduct “preliminary toll analysis” for each of the listed Republican senators: Lindsey Graham, Marsha Blackburn, Ron Johnson, Josh Hawley, Cynthia Lummis, Bill Hagerty, Dan Sullivan, and Tommy Tuberville. In addition, Republican House member Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania was also on Smith’s list.
Townhall wrote (October 8) that this revelation about Smith spying on US Congress members calls for accountability. The story also questioned why a judge would grant Smith a warrant for such spying:
Apparently, Smith obtained a warrant from a judge to obtain the private cell phone data of lawmakers. The court must have decided that the Fourth Amendment didn’t apply to these Members of Congress. Did the judge really think that there was probable cause that they had engaged in a crime?
Documents provided to the Congress further revealed that Smith and the FBI under Biden also spied on Turning Point USA (TPUSA), the conservative advocacy organization founded by Charlie Kirk. In a Senate hearing on October 7, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri asked Attorney General Pam Bondi about who ordered the agents to tap into the phones of sitting U.S. Senators. Bondi excused herself from answering the question outright but promised a thorough investigation.
Virginia-based conservative nonprofit National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) posted its response on October 7 to the revelation of Smith’s surveillance targeting conservative lawmakers, calling it “the latest chapter in a sordid saga of weaponized justice.”
Many popular conservative voices on social media called for arresting Jack Smith for this weaponization of the federal justice system against conservatives.
Conservatives also called for arresting Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland along with Smith.
Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana in an interview with Fox News told that they learnt of Smith’s spying on Republican lawmakers’ phones from a whistleblower.
Conservative Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky also slammed Republicans in the position of authority to sit back and take this open abuse of weaponized justice against them but refusing to cut the budget of those who do it to them.
Good than an retired CIA guy recognizes what a tap is and is not. Too bad he finally had to sneak it in anyway. There was no tap; Hawley and the others are shameless liars, many times over.
Since you guys are not going to agree to my premise, this is pretty much a dead end. My premise is that on 1/6/2021, a peaceful rally turned into a protest where great violence occurred and small groups preplanned and executed an attempt of seditious conspiracy with a dozen or more convicted for that. Along the way, they injured over 140 cops, five died during or shortly thereafter, we can argue the 1/6 effect, and like 1,500 were convicted. It was mayhem and many of the convicted gave Donald J. Trump credit for their actions saying they were acting on his behalf, on his words. Hey, not me, it’s in the court records from their own mouths, under oath, and Trump did not sue for perjury or defamation. Must be true three times over.
Therefore, collecting some metadata for folks communicating to major players, OR issuing words of support seems pretty light-handed to me. IMO.
Oh golly jeepers, they LEGALLY collected metadata from 1/4/2021 to 1/7/2021 on asshats like Hawley who will forever be remembered for his dance act called “do the Hawley” as sung to “Do the Hustle” while you watch him run, run, run away from the very patriots he fist pumped only moments before. That tape will never get old, but hum “the hustle” while watching for the full funny benefit. Pussy. Yeah, wouldn’t want to check in on the guy who fist-pumped the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, all convicted seditious conspirators.
Ron Johnson attempted to deliver fake electors to Congress, wouldn’t want to check in on his meta data, no.
Tuberville was in contact with the President, relaying info at minimum, also a bit sketchy where he stood on the seditious acts.
Loomis was not going to certify, along with 7 other Senators, wanted to overturn the certification, fair game IMO. Mike Kelly is in this group too.
IMO, Graham, Hagerty, Blackburn, and Sullivan seems like a stretch.
So, arrest Smith and company, indict them, take em to court. Good luck with that one.