Washington – WASHINGTON (AP) – In 2023, the FBI analyzed the phone records of more than half of the Republican lawmakers as part of the investigation of the efforts made President Donald Trump To cancel the results of the 2020 elections, according to the information issued on Monday by the Republican Party members.
Senators said that the records enabled the investigators to see the basic information about the date and time of calls, but not the content of the communication. The data included several days during the January 6, 2021 week, when Trump’s rioters The American Capitol stormed an attempt to stop the election results certificate.
The disclosure adds new details to the investigation that has been disposed of since then by the FBI Former Special Adviser Jack Smith In the steps taken by Trump and the allies in the period before the Capitol riot to retract his loss in the elections to the Democrats. Joe Biden. Trump was accused in August 2023 of conspiracy to cancel the results, however The case was abandoned after Trump’s victory in the following year In light of the legal opinion of the Ministry of Justice, he says that sitting presidents cannot face the federal prosecution.
The recalls of the phone records have been detected by several Republican Senate members, including Chuck Grassley From Iowa, who heads the Judicial Committee that supervises the FBI. Grassley said that the document that determines the “initial toll analysis” was produced in response to his request. Senators said that the investigation step was authorized by a major jury.
Grassley described it as “a violation of personal property, people’s rights, law and their constitutional rights.”
This document was dated on September 27, 2023, and the following Republican legislators were listed as people whose records were examined: Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina, Senator Bill Hajar from Tennessee, Senator Josh Holie from Missonson, Sennson, Sennson, Sennson, Sennson, Sennson, Sennson, Sen. Lomis of Wyoming, Senator Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee and Mike Mike Kelly from Pennsylvania.
The document indicated that the analysis was conducted by a special agent for the Federal Investigation Office, his name was revised and that he was authorized by the supervision agents. He does not say how or why these legislators were identified or whether any meaningful tips or strands have emerged from this investigative work.
Most legislators were part of a A group of Republicans who planned To challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election. After voting by rioters on January 6, 2021, some voted to ratify the results, while others are still voting against martyrdom.
Senators said they will not investigate them because they expected the FBI director Cash Patel And the deputy director Dan BonginoTram’s loyalists, to review the matter. Grassley suggested that more people at the FBI be released, saying: “If the heads of this city do not roll, nothing will change.”
“He has serious concerns” about the accident.
“I completely support the Senate committees to reach the bottom of this terrible abuse of power and weapons of the government,” said Thun, a Republican in South Dakota.
___