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Declassified FBI File Reveals 2023 Phone-Metadata Review of GOP Lawmakers in Jan. 6 Inquiry

The newly released record describes a CAST toll analysis obtained through grand jury process that current FBI leaders say they found during an internal review.

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to reporters Friday, June 9, 2023, in Washington. Former President Donald Trump is facing 37 felony charges related to the mishandling of classified documents according to an indictment unsealed on Friday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Sen. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters at the Capitol, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington.
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) (C) heads for the Senate Majority Leaders' office at the Capitol on October 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. The federal government shut down five days ago after Congress and the White House failed to negotiate a deal on extending pandemic-era health care funding before the end of the fiscal year. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Overview

  • An internal FBI document dated Sept. 27, 2023 shows agents conducted a preliminary toll analysis of call records tied to eight Republican senators and one representative as part of the Arctic Frost election-law case.
  • The analysis examined call metadata—numbers, dates, times and locations—covering several days around Jan. 6, 2021, and did not include call content, according to senators briefed on the matter.
  • Lawmakers named in the record are Sens. Lindsey Graham, Bill Hagerty, Josh Hawley, Dan Sullivan, Tommy Tuberville, Ron Johnson, Cynthia Lummis, Marsha Blackburn, and Rep. Mike Kelly.
  • Senate Republicans said the records were obtained in 2023 via grand jury subpoenas after Arctic Frost was incorporated into Special Counsel Jack Smith’s broader elector/Jan. 6 investigation.
  • FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino briefed the affected members after discovering the record during a review prompted by Sen. Chuck Grassley; Republicans decried the step as political weaponization as internal and external reviews continue and no charges against the lawmakers have been indicated.