FBI Director Kash Patel FIRES Agents Involved In Spying On Republican Senators

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FBI Director Kash Patel FIRES Agents Involved In Spying On Republican Senators


by Anthony 6 hours ago







As WLT Report previously covered, the Biden FBI spied on nine Republican senators during its Artic Frost investigation.

According to an unclassified document released by the Senate Judiciary Committee, a FBI agent obtained the phone records of nine Republican senators in an investigation related to President Trump.

Just a day after the news broke, FBI Director Kash Patel has revealed FBI agents involved in the operation have been terminated.


Fox News broke the story on Patel’s big move:

The FBI has already terminated employees and abolished the CR-15 squad just one day after it was revealed that several Republicans’ private communications and phone calls had been tracked.

FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday announced the actions the bureau had taken in response to the revelation of the “baseless monitoring” during the Biden administration and promised more actions to come.

“We are cleaning up a diseased temple three decades in the making — identifying the rot, removing those who weaponized law enforcement for political purposes and those who do not meet the standards of this mission while restoring integrity to the FBI. I promised reform, and I intend to deliver it,” Patel said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

Patel also posted about it on X, saying, “Transparency is important, and accountability is critical. We promised both, and this is what promises kept looks like… We terminated employees, we abolished the weaponized CR-15 squad, and we initiated an ongoing investigation with more accountability measures ahead.”

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino replied to the post and echoed Patel’s message, writing, “We promised you transparency and accountability. We will continue to deliver on those promises. You deserve better.”

The CR-15 squad was the FBI’s Washington Field Office’s public corruption unit. The squad helped former special counsel Jack Smith investigate President Donald Trump, according to NBC News, which cited sources familiar with the matter.

On Monday, Fox News Digital learned that Smith allegedly tracked the private communications and phone calls of nearly a dozen Republican senators as part of his investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots.

Trump reacted to the revelation on Tuesday and slammed Smith in a post on Truth Social that read, “Deranged Jack Smith got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. A real sleazebag!!!”

A document, reviewed by Fox News Digital on Monday, revealed that Smith and his “Arctic Frost” team investigating Jan. 6 were allegedly tracking the phone calls of GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and GOP Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania.

The document, recently discovered by Patel and exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, is titled “CAST Assistance” and dated Sept. 27, 2023. “CAST” refers to the FBI’s cellular analysis survey team. The case ID is marked in the document as “ARCTIC FROST—Election Law Matters—SENSITIVE INVESTIGATIVE MATTER—CAST.”

Additionally, it states the names of the lawmakers and that an FBI special agent on Smith’s team “conducted preliminary toll analysis” on the toll records associated with the lawmakers.



Take a look:

Transparency is important and accountability is critical. We promised both, and this is what promises kept looks like. This FBI is delivering.
As a result of our latest disclosure about the baseless monitoring of members of Congress by the prior leadership team of the FBI, we…

— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) October 7, 2025


Full text:

Transparency is important and accountability is critical. We promised both, and this is what promises kept looks like. This FBI is delivering. As a result of our latest disclosure about the baseless monitoring of members of Congress by the prior leadership team of the FBI, we have already taken the following actions: We terminated employees, we abolished the weaponized CR-15 squad, and we initiated an ongoing investigation with more accountability measures ahead.


The Hill reported more on the corrupt clandestine operation:

The FBI analyzed the phone records of nine Republican members of Congress in 2023 during its investigation into President Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to an unclassified document released Monday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The document, dated Sept. 27, 2023, says that an FBI special agent — whose name is redacted — conducted “preliminary toll analysis” on the phone records of Sens. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Bill Hagerty (Tenn.), Josh Hawley (Mo.), Dan Sullivan (Alaska), Tommy Tuberville (Ala.), Ron Johnson (Wisc.), Cynthia Lummis (Wy.) and Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), along with Rep. Mike Kelly (Pa.).

In a news release, the committee said that the FBI obtained the lawmakers’ phone records from Jan. 4 to Jan. 7, 2021, before, during and after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Hundreds of GOP lawmakers voted to object to the certification of the electoral results in Arizona and Pennsylvania, including Hawley, Tuberville, Lummis — only to Pennsylvania — and Kelly.

The analysis was part of the bureau’s “Arctic Frost” investigation, opened in April 2022 by Timothy Thibault, former assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Washington field office. The investigation preceded former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 results.

The FBI document was obtained via an oversight request from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the committee. In the committee’s release, Grassley called the revelation “disturbing and outrageous political conduct” and requested that Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to hold those involved accountable.


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According to Senator Chuck Grassley, the Biden FBI secretly spied on eight Republican Senators as part of its so-called “Arctic Frost” investigation — which later morphed into Jack… pic.twitter.com/2ehSOKJkVW

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According to Senator Chuck Grassley, the Biden FBI secretly spied on eight Republican Senators as part of its so-called “Arctic Frost” investigation — which later morphed into Jack… pic.twitter.com/2ehSOKJkVW

— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) October 6, 2025

— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) October 6, 2025


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From WLT Report
Link: https://wltreport.com/2025/10/07/fbi...m_campaign=PTN




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Related:

1/ Fox News "FBI fires agents, dismantles corruption squad after probe unveils monitoring of GOP senators, Patel says"
Link: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi...ors-patel-says


2/ The Hill "FBI analyzed lawmakers’ phone records during Trump Jan. 6 probe, Republicans say "
Link: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/...phone-records/





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