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The FBI has fired two special agents involved in former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Trump, according to multiple reports.
On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee released an unclassified document showing that the FBI analyzed the phone records of nine Republican members of Congress in 2023. The document, dated Sept. 27, 2023, says a bureau special agent — whose name is redacted — completed “preliminary toll analysis” of eight Republican senators and one GOP representative.
The records obtained were of the lawmakers’ communications Jan. 4-7 in 2021, covering events prior to, during and after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, the committee said in a news release. The committee, chaired by Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), added that the data obtained shows when and to whom a call was made, the duration of the call and the location of the call. It does not include what was said on the call. (The Hill, 10/09/2025)
The FBI has reportedly fired two special agents that were part of special counsel Jack Smith’s probe into President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and his election challenges.
The names of the agents have not been made public, according to The Hill. NBC News reported that while the bureau fired at least two agents, it took some form of personnel action against three.
The move follows revelations that the FBI had surveilled the phone records of multiple congressional Republicans as part of operation “Arctic Frost,” a precursor investigation of Smith’s probe.
All three of the agents who faced personnel action were listed in documents related to Arctic Frost.
Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.