'WORSE THAN WATERGATE': Republicans demand answers after documents reveal Biden FBI spied on 9 GOP lawmakers

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Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) revealed on Monday that the FBI under the Biden administration obtained private cellphone information from nine GOP lawmakers, including Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.). All of the targeted lawmakers are Republicans.

In breaking the news with an internal FBI document, Sen. Grassley wrote on X, "BIDEN FBI WEAPONIZATION = WORSE THAN WATERGATE."

Commenting on the news, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who was also named in the document, said, "We were surveilled simply for being Republicans. ... It should shock every American." He called the surveillance "an outrageous abuse of power" and "blatant political persecution."

The surveillance took place as part of the FBI's Arctic Frost investigation into the 2020 election. Operation Arctic Frost, launched in April 2022, was handed to special counsel jackass Smith in November of that year, who used it as the basis for the charges filed against President Trump in August 2023.

The FBI document detailing the surveillance of GOP lawmakers is dated September 27, 2023, though it is unclear when the actual surveillance took place.

In a post on Truth Social, President Trump weighed in, writing, "Deranged jackass Smith got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. A real sleazebag!!!"

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), in commenting on the surveillance during a committee hearing on Tuesday, said, "I find this breathtaking." He also pushed for a hearing on the matter: "I don't want to wait 24 years to get an answer."

In a GOP press briefing, Sen. Johnson pointed out that "this is not the first time I was targeted by the FBI. Under the Obama administration, the same thing happened to both Senator Grassley and I."

In addressing the issue, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X, "The abuse of power ends now. Under my leadership, the FBI will deliver truth and accountability, and never again be weaponized against the American people."
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The abuse of federal agencies to persecute political opponents under the Biden regime is mind boggling.

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Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) revealed on Monday that the FBI under the Biden administration obtained private cellphone information from nine GOP lawmakers, including Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.). All of the targeted lawmakers are Republicans.

In breaking the news with an internal FBI document, Sen. Grassley wrote on X, "BIDEN FBI WEAPONIZATION = WORSE THAN WATERGATE."

Commenting on the news, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who was also named in the document, said, "We were surveilled simply for being Republicans. ... It should shock every American." He called the surveillance "an outrageous abuse of power" and "blatant political persecution."

The surveillance took place as part of the FBI's Arctic Frost investigation into the 2020 election. Operation Arctic Frost, launched in April 2022, was handed to special counsel jackass Smith in November of that year, who used it as the basis for the charges filed against President Trump in August 2023.

The FBI document detailing the surveillance of GOP lawmakers is dated September 27, 2023, though it is unclear when the actual surveillance took place.

In a post on Truth Social, President Trump weighed in, writing, "Deranged jackass Smith got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. A real sleazebag!!!"

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), in commenting on the surveillance during a committee hearing on Tuesday, said, "I find this breathtaking." He also pushed for a hearing on the matter: "I don't want to wait 24 years to get an answer."

In a GOP press briefing, Sen. Johnson pointed out that "this is not the first time I was targeted by the FBI. Under the Obama administration, the same thing happened to both Senator Grassley and I."

In addressing the issue, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X, "The abuse of power ends now. Under my leadership, the FBI will deliver truth and accountability, and never again be weaponized against the American people."
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The abuse of federal agencies to persecute political opponents under the Biden regime is mind boggling.

I believe they haven't even scratched the surface yet of Mr. Biden's criminal persecution of his party's opponents.

They may not get to the bottom of it until into a second GOP term with Mr. Vance as president.

[Lokmar]

All of this is EXACTLY why they were so desperate to "GET TRUMP!" Now the genie is out of the bag and they are in full fukin panic! On top of that, all of Trumps appointees are openly kicking democRATs in the pussy during these congressional hearings. Its DELICIOUS!

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I believe they haven't even scratched the surface yet of Mr. Biden's criminal persecution of his party's opponents.

They may not get to the bottom of it until into a second GOP term with Mr. Vance as president.

The Biden regime abused their authority like a third world dictatorship.

[Thiel]

The Biden regime abused their authority like a third world dictatorship.

From the moment he took the presidential oath until the day they wheeled him out of the white house.

[Garraty_47]

The Biden regime abused their authority like a third world dictatorship.

Of course they did.
They all do it.

For decades every successive administration has built on the excesses and power-grabs of the administrations that came before it. That's why no matter which party is in power the other side loses their minds but when the parties switch places again nothing ever seems to get rolled back or allowed to expire, it only gets augmented or made permanent. The jokingly named "Patriot Act" is a good example.

The march to authoritarian dystopia has been a bipartisan endeavor and 'resisting' each other is just Kabuki theater.

[DKG]

Of course they did.
They all do it.

For decades every successive administration has built on the excesses and power-grabs of the administrations that came before it. That's why no matter which party is in power the other side loses their minds but when the parties switch places again nothing ever seems to get rolled back or allowed to expire, it only gets augmented or made permanent. The jokingly named "Patriot Act" is a good example.

The march to authoritarian dystopia has been a bipartisan endeavor and 'resisting' each other is just Kabuki theater.

I have never seen any G20 government direct national agencies to persecute and silence their political opponents like the Biden administration did.

And I do not only mean Trump. They did everything to take away RFK and Jill Stein as political choices too.

[Garraty_47]

I have never seen any G20 government direct national agencies to persecute and silence their political opponents like the Biden administration did.

It may not have been as blatant or reported on but that's been a thing for so long that the term "October Surprise" was just another way of saying "it's about time for the inevitable scandal or smear campaign".

The tactics and brazenness may have shifted along with everything else but it's not new.

...and now Trump is using the same precedent to drop charges on people like Comey and who knows who else before the dust settles. As I said, nothing ever gets fixed; the broken bits simply become normalized tools and components for the next regime to use.

And I do not only mean Trump. They did everything to take away RFK and Jill Stein as political choices too.

Both major parties have a vested interest in freezing out third parties, independents, and non-establishment insurgencies within the parties themselves.

That, also, is nothing new.

The democrats are obviously better at ruthlessly quashing internal upstarts or maybe their voters are just more willing to do whatever the establishment shot-callers ask of them. Probably a bit of both.

[Thiel]

It may not have been as blatant or reported on but that's been a thing for so long that the term "October Surprise" was just another way of saying "it's about time for the inevitable scandal or smear campaign".

The tactics and brazenness may have shifted along with everything else but it's not new.

...and now Trump is using the same precedent to drop charges on people like Comey and who knows who else before the dust settles. As I said, nothing ever gets fixed; the broken bits simply become normalized tools and components for the next regime to use.

Both major parties have a vested interest in freezing out third parties, independents, and non-establishment insurgencies within the parties themselves.

That, also, is nothing new.

The democrats are obviously better at ruthlessly quashing internal upstarts or maybe their voters are just more willing to do whatever the establishment shot-callers ask of them. Probably a bit of both.

Both parties consider Mr Trump a third party candidate. Traditional Republicans would rather have Hillary Clinton as their leader and president than Donald Trump.