WASHINGTON — The FBI in 2023 analyzed phone records of more than a half dozen Republican lawmakers as part of an investigation into efforts by President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to information released Monday by GOP senators.
The records enabled investigators to see basic information about the date and time of the calls but not the content of the communications, the senators said. The data encompassed several days during the week of Jan. 6, 2021, when pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to halt the certification of the election results.
A subpoena for phone records released by lawmakers dated Sept. 27, 2023, includes U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th. Kelly is the only member of the House of Representatives records were re