Funny how the loudest voices suddenly lose their microphones when the truth comes knocking.
The same Democrats who spent years cheering on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s crusade against Donald Trump are now strangely mute after a Reuters report revealed what many Americans already suspected: the Biden-era FBI was spying on Trump allies like it was running a political intelligence shop.
According to Reuters, the Democrat-led FBI subpoenaed phone records of current FBI Director Kash Patel and Trump campaign manager turned White House chief of staff Susie Wiles when they were private citizens in 2022 and 2023. Even better—one of those subpoenas reportedly captured a call between Wiles and her attorney. You know, that thing called attorney-client privilege Democrats pretend to care about when it suits them.
Patel said the operation stretched into Wiles’ time as Trump’s co-campaign manager, calling it “outrageous and deeply alarming.” He accused previous FBI leadership of using “flimsy pretexts” and hiding the effort inside “prohibited” case files designed to dodge oversight. Translation: spy first, explain never.
Smith’s election case against Trump was already labeled “indiscriminate” by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, and that was before a judge ruled Smith’s appointment unlawful in July 2024. Smith, appointed by then–Attorney General Merrick Garland, was tasked with chasing Trump over claims he challenged the rigged 2020 election. The foundation of that probe? A Biden FBI operation known as “Arctic Frost,” which conveniently targeted Republicans close to Trump.
Democrats, of course, see nothing to worry about here. Judiciary Committee ranking member Dick Durbin recently dismissed the investigation into Smith as “an embarrassing use of time,” urging lawmakers instead to focus on Trump. Because nothing says “defending democracy” like ignoring evidence of government spying on political opponents.
Not one Democrat on the Judiciary Committee returned requests for comment about the Reuters report. Silence, apparently, is their new transparency policy.
Grassley previously revealed that eight Republican senators and Rep. Mike Kelly had their phone data collected as part of Arctic Frost. The records were hidden in “Prohibited Access” files—basically the FBI’s version of a locked drawer labeled “Do Not Ask.” Grassley called the operation “arguably worse than Watergate,” which is saying something.
Later, nearly 200 subpoenas tied to Smith’s probe came to light, targeting 34 people and 163 businesses connected to more than 430 Republicans. That’s not an investigation—it’s a fishing expedition with taxpayer-funded bait.
Grassley recently summed it up bluntly, saying the Biden FBI scooped up records on Patel and Wiles and hid them as prohibited documents. “Terrible,” he wrote. Hard to argue with that.
One victim, Georgia GOP activist Mark Davis, said he learned the government secretly obtained his phone records years ago. Now he’s getting notified after the fact—proof that the truth doesn’t stay buried forever, no matter how deep the bureaucracy digs.
The same Democrats who cry about “weaponization” when it suits them now defend it when it targets conservatives. Shocking, right?
Still, the silver lining is clear: the more this comes out, the harder it is to hide. Americans are finally seeing just how far federal agencies were willing to go to protect one party and crush the other. And with accountability now back on the table, there’s real hope that justice—not politics—will win in the end.
