The private information of hundreds of Republican lawmakers, allies and entities was gathered during an FBI investigation, dubbed project “ Arctic Frost ,” which began in April 2022.

Arctic Frost was an investigation into whether President Donald Trump had committed any wrongdoing in the alleged “false electors scheme” following the 2020 presidential election, but whistleblowers over the past three years said it morphed into illegal surveillance of members of the Republican Party and their allies.

The Judicial Oversight Committee first published documents highlighting Arctic Frost’s overreach in 2023. The bureau initially said it tracked phone records of the nine Republican lawmakers from Jan. 4-Jan. 8, 2023, but new reporting shows the operation was much more expansive.

In October,

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