Overview

• A newly declassified 2023 FBI document says an agent on Jack Smith’s team conducted preliminary toll analysis tied to calls involving Sens. Lindsey Graham, Marsha Blackburn, Ron Johnson, Josh Hawley, Cynthia Lummis, Bill Hagerty, Dan Sullivan, Tommy Tuberville, and Rep. Mike Kelly.
• The record is titled “CAST Assistance,” dated Sept. 27, 2023, and labeled with the case ID “ARCTIC FROST—Election Law Matters—SENSITIVE INVESTIGATIVE MATTER—CAST.”
• FBI officials say Smith’s team obtained the 2023 records from major carriers, allowing analysts to view dialed numbers and the origin and destination locations of calls.
• FBI leaders Kash Patel and Dan Bongino ordered a review following an oversight request from Sen. Chuck Grassley and briefed affected lawmakers on Monday.
• Grassley denounced the activity as political “spying,” while Smith’s attorneys have defended his actions as lawful prosecutorial work, and the FBI describes the ongoing review as part of a “prohibited case.”