{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/10/chairmen-johnson-grassley-lead-letter-to-doj-and-fbi-demanding-documents-detailing-the-biden-administration-s-targeting-of-sitting-members-of-congress", "Chairmen Johnson, Grassley Lead 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", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 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\u2019s collection of call logs from sitting Members of Congress (MOC).\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 MOCs for the period of 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\nToday\u2019s 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 specifically Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) \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\nToday\u2019s letter stems from Chairmen Johnson and Grassley\u2019s ongoing work to expose the abuses of power connected to the Arctic Frost investigation, which also targeted 92 Republican organizations and individuals.\n\nSens. 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.).\n\nRead more about the letter in the New York Post.\n\nFull text letter can be found here.\n\n###", 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.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/10/chairmen-johnson-grassley-lead-letter-to-doj-and-fbi-demanding-documents-detailing-the-biden-administration-s-targeting-of-sitting-members-of-congress"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5208248514682055, "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"}