{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=66BE1568-4FC8-4FBD-BD71-4BE0CCF79E24", "Graham, Grassley, Johnson and Colleagues Send Letter to DOJ and FBI Demanding Documents Detailing the Biden Administration\u2019s Targeting of Sitting Members of Congress", "2025-10-10", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", "graham", "https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 This week U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) sent a letter with 15 of their colleagues to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel requesting information about the Biden administration\u2019s collection of call logs from sitting Members of Congress.\n\nThis request follows an Oct. 6, 2025 briefing where FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino informed several senators that over the course of Jack Smith\u2019s elector case against President Trump \u2013 known as Arctic Frost \u2013 the FBI collected and analyzed call logs from at least nine Members of Congress between Jan. 4, 2021 \u2013 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.\n\n\u201cThe Biden administration\u2019s blatant weaponization of the federal government should shock every American,\u201d the Members wrote.\n\nThe 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 \u2013 the Members requested DOJ immediately seek judicial authorization to release the requested records.\n\n\u201cGiven that these materials relate to an unprecedented collection of records and information on sitting MOCs and raise serious constitutional concerns, Congress\u2019 need for these records clearly outweighs any interest in secrecy,\u201d the Members noted.\n\nThe letter was signed by all Members of Congress known to have been targeted as part of Arctic Frost: Graham, Johnson and U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) and Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pennsylvania). It was also signed by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley and Judiciary Committee Members U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri), Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Ashley Moody (R-Florida).\n\nRead more about the letter in the New York Post.\n\nThe full text of the letter can be found HERE.", 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.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=66BE1568-4FC8-4FBD-BD71-4BE0CCF79E24"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8505159057676792, "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"}