This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
One of the revelations about the corruption involved in Jack Smith's lawfare against President Donald Trump during Joe Biden's time in office was that the federal government was weaponized to spy on the telephone records of Republican senators.
That scheme now has resulted in a pledge by one of those senators, Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., to sue.
A report from Just the News notes that phone records of multiple senators were seized by Smith during that time frame.
He had brought several lawfare cases against Trump, and internet commentaries suggest he wanted to file more cases against Trump, and he might have been collecting information on GOP senators in order to create a larger case by naming more defendants.
Blackburn, in a statement to Just the News, confirmed, "The infringement is deep and wide."
The actions violated her personal civil liberties and her protections as a member of Congress, the report said.
She cited the 1st and 4th Amendment protections of free speech and privacy, her separation of powers protections and even the Stored Communications Act because her carrier Verizon "retained and turned over information on her geographic locations when she made calls," the report said.
She charged that Smith and his minions in the federal government, under Biden, misbehaved badly.
"I can assure you this, we will be suing the Biden DOJ, Jack Smith and his CR-15 team, which, of course, has already been fired by (current FBi Director) Kash Patel, thank goodness," the senator said.
"These guys just hated Donald Trump, and they hated us because we supported Donald Trump, and we were standing with Donald Trump."
She continued, "The common thread that runs through this is all eight were Republicans. We all supported President Trump, and we had valid questions about the outcome of the 2020, election."
She said, "It just shows you how Jack Smith and Arctic frost, they were so out over their skis, and they were out to get President Donald Trump, and they wanted to convict him of conspiracy. And of course, when you look at what they were doing with us, they were probably looking for obstruction or co-conspirator charges…"
WND previously reported that Smith's targets believe he should be disbarred.
It was the New York Post that confirmed a letter from elected officials, led by Blackburn, to Attorney General Pam Bondi, accuses Biden's DOJ of having "spied on duly elected members of Congress."
It demands that Smith be investigated by the Office of Professional Responsibility.
"As part of Jack Smith's weaponized witch hunt, the Biden DOJ issued subpoenas to several telecommunications companies in 2023 regarding our cell phone records, gaining access to the time, recipient, duration, and location of calls placed on our devices from January 4, 2021, to January 7, 2021," Blackburn charged.
The letter continued, "We have yet to learn of any legal predicate for the Biden Department of Justice issuing subpoenas to obtain these cell phone records."
Other lawmakers joining the demand were Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Penn.
Smith is accused of using his power as a government appointee to infringe on the constitutional rights of elected officials and "trampled on this separation of powers principle that underlies our system of government."
The lawmakers continued, "This is especially true given the invasion of our privacy was directly connected to our core legislative functions protected by the Speech or Debate Clause of our Constitution. To the best we can tell, Smith's team went on this fishing expedition for one simple reason: we are Republicans who support President Trump."
They asked for Smith to be referred for disbarment to the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility and the New York Attorney Grievance Committee, since he is licensed to practice law in both states.
