You Vote: With news the FBI snooped on 8 GOP senators during its Jan 6 investigation, what now?

Smith and the FBI reportedly collected the private phone records of eight Republican senators and one GOP House member as part of his investigation into the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021.

Published: October 7, 2025 6:20pm

The revelation that the FBI snooped on the phone records of Republican members of Congress during its January 6 investigation is bringing greater scrutiny to then-FBI Director Christopher Wray, during whose tenure the bureau effort occurred, and to then-Special Counsel Jack Smith, who was leading the Biden Justice Department’s investigation into Donald Trump.

Smith and the FBI reportedly collected the private phone records of eight Republican senators and one GOP House member as part of his investigation into the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021.

FBI Director Kash Patel tweeted on Monday that “we recently uncovered proof that phone records of U.S. lawmakers were seized for political purposes” and “that abuse of power ends now.”

With news that the FBI snooped on 8 GOP senators during its Jan. 6 investigation, what now?

A special counsel should be appointed to investigate and prosecute if crimes are found
90% (4807 votes)
There should first be congressional investigations
8% (438 votes)
Politicians and pundits should just talk about it, but no need to investigate it
1% (28 votes)
Nothing because it's just another right-wing conspiracy theory with no evidence
1% (41 votes)
Total votes: 5314

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