A measure tucked inside the federal spending bill passed by the Senate this week could personally benefit U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, allowing him to sue the federal government for as much as $500,000.

The language, quietly added to one of the three full-year spending bills approved by the Senate, creates a legal pathway for U.S. senators to seek damages if federal investigators obtained their phone or office records without proper notification. It also applies retroactively to 2022, a key detail that makes Tuberville eligible to file a claim.

Tuberville’s phone records were among those subpoenaed in 2023 as part of former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and the events of January 6, 2021.

While investigator

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