Shutdown Deal Will Allow Senators to Sue over ‘Arctic Frost’ Probe
Update: 2025-11-11
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GOP lawmakers secured a provision in the shutdown deal taking aim at the Biden FBI’s “Arctic Frost” surveillance campaign into a vast swath of Republicans and conservative entities.
The measure, tucked inside a Senate legislative branch appropriation bill that passed Monday night, allows senators whose phone records were seized without their knowledge during former special counsel Jack Smith‘s probe to sue the government — and be awarded at least $500,000 for every violation. Several Republican senators whose telephone metadata were obtained by the FBI under former President Joe Biden’s administration told the Daily Caller News Foundation the provision’s inclusion into the shutdown deal was a welcome move.
The measure, tucked inside a Senate legislative branch appropriation bill that passed Monday night, allows senators whose phone records were seized without their knowledge during former special counsel Jack Smith‘s probe to sue the government — and be awarded at least $500,000 for every violation. Several Republican senators whose telephone metadata were obtained by the FBI under former President Joe Biden’s administration told the Daily Caller News Foundation the provision’s inclusion into the shutdown deal was a welcome move.
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