Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday was called by Republicans in the U.S. Senate, led by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), to unseal the application for a non-disclosure order signed by U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg, the appointee of former President Barack Obama, who authorized the subpoenas of Republican senators requested by former special counsel Jack Smith.
“We write today to urge you to use every tool at your disposal to uncover a key component of the weaponized, Biden-era Arctic Frost investigation that targeted ten United States Senators,” wrote the senators. “As you know, the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) sought and ultimately obtained cell phone ‘tolling data’ from at least eleven members of Congress.”
Blackburn’s signature appeared first on the letter, which was also signed by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Rick Scott (R-FL). At least three of the signatories —Blackburn, Cruz, and Hawley —were targets of the subpoenas authorized by Boasberg.
As some of the senators have previously argued, and The Tennessee Star reported, the judge’s decision to keep the senators from learning of the subpoenas for at least one year represented a violation of the Stored Communications Act, the Speech and Debate Clause of the Constitution, the Separation of Powers doctrine of the Constitution, and their rights under the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments.
They also noted that, in his order, Boasberg did not provide evidence to support his claim that the senators must be kept in the dark for fear they could intimidate witnesses or destroy evidence.
“Jack Smith and the Biden DOJ spied on their political opponents, violated the Constitution, and weaponized the justice system to target members of Congress—all in an effort to go after President Trump,” they wrote. “The American people deserve transparency about this egregious investigation and the full extent of the corruption of Jack Smith’s witch hunt.”
Blackburn and her colleagues concluded, “Unsealing this document is a critical step forward in our efforts to hold accountable Jack Smith, Judge Boasberg, and all individuals who participated in this miscarriage of justice.”
The attorney general commented last week on the Arctic Frost revelations, condemning the actions of her predecessors at the DOJ.
“We can never again allow this kind of government weaponization in America,” wrote Bondi in a post to X. “I submitted these new documents to our partners on Capitol Hill. I commend our team at the FBI for working diligently to expose this.”
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Pam Bondi” by Department of Justice.
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