{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-and-johnson-lead-colleagues-in-seeking-release-of-all-doj-fbi-records-detailing-biden-administrations-targeting-of-sitting-members-of-congress", "Grassley and Johnson Lead Colleagues in Seeking Release of All DOJ, FBI Records Detailing Biden Administration\u2019s Targeting of Sitting Members of Congress", "2025-10-10", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "IA", "Chuck Grassley", "G000386", "www.grassley.senate.gov", "grassley", "https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), along with 16 bicameral colleagues, are demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) produce all records relating to the Biden FBI\u2019s successful efforts to secretly obtain phone data from Members of Congress as part of its Arctic Frost investigation. The lawmakers are also requesting DOJ seek judicial authorization to gain access to relevant records which are subject to federal grand jury secrecy requirements.\n\n\u201cGiven that these materials relate to an unprecedented collection of records and information on sitting [Members of Congress] and raise serious constitutional concerns, Congress\u2019 need for these records clearly outweighs any interest in secrecy,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cFurther, the unprecedented nature of the DOJ\u2019s and FBI\u2019s actions in collecting [Members of Congress\u2019] communication records falls squarely within Congress\u2019 constitutional duty to thoroughly investigate potential abuses of power and creates a uniquely exceptional circumstance that demands the release of otherwise protected records.\u201d\n\nGrassley and Johnson unveiled the existence of the Arctic Frost investigation \u2013 which ultimately morphed into Jack Smith\u2019s elector case \u2013 in January, after whistleblowers first approached Grassley to disclose potential misconduct at the Biden FBI. On Monday, Grassley released an explosive FBI document showing Jack Smith and the FBI secretly subpoenaed tolling data for the personal cell phones of eight Republican senators and one Republican member of the House of Representatives.\n\nGrassley and Johnson were joined on the letter by all Members of Congress known to have been targeted as part of Arctic Frost and all Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, including: Sens. 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.), as well as Sens. 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.).\n\nRead the full letter HERE and below.\n\nOctober 9, 2025\n\nThe Honorable Pamela Bondi\n\nAttorney General\n\nDepartment of Justice\n\nThe Honorable Kash Patel\n\nDirector\n\nFederal Bureau of Investigation\n\nDear Attorney General Bondi and Director Patel:\n\nOn October 6, 2025, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Deputy Director Dan Bongino conducted a briefing on the FBI\u2019s Arctic Frost investigation, which later became Jack Smith\u2019s elector case against President Trump. The FBI informed us at that briefing that by September 27, 2023, officials in the FBI\u2019s Washington Field Office possessed call logs from at least nine Members of Congress (MOC). According to Deputy Director Bongino, the FBI obtained call logs for the period of January 4, 2021 \u2013 January 7, 2021. Below is a snapshot of the FBI\u2019s document listing the MOC that Jack Smith targeted:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-and-johnson-lead-colleagues-in-seeking-release-of-all-doj-fbi-records-detailing-biden-administrations-targeting-of-sitting-members-of-congress"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5083481557667255, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}