The FBI director, Cash Patel, has fired agents involved in tracking the phone calls of eight Republican senators and a congressman as part of the former special counsel Jack Smith's investigation, a sham investigation into President Donald J. Trump. Communication records belonging to GOP Senators Lindsey Graham, Marsha Blackburn, Ron Johnson, Josh Hawley, Cynthia Loomis, Bill Haggerty, Dan Sullivan, Tommy Tuberville, and Representative Mike Kelly were handed over to Smith's Arctic Frost team. after they subpoenaed major phone companies in 2023. The fact was unknown to the public until this week when Cash Patel, the FBI director, sang. (03:55–04:25)
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Asserts that communication records of specific GOP senators and a representative were handed over to a team.
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