The FBI’s New Watergate: How Biden’s DOJ Spied on Republican Senators
In 1972, a handful of Nixon campaign operatives broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex to plant listening devices. To this day, there’s no conclusive evidence Richard Nixon personally ordered the break-in, yet Watergate became synonymous with corruption and abuse of power.
Fifty years later, the Biden administration’s Department of Justice and FBI stand accused of an act that makes Watergate look amateurish by comparison. According to a newly released internal document from Sen. Chuck Grassley, the FBI secretly monitored the phone records of at least eight sitting Republican senators, tracking who they called, when they called, how long the calls lasted, and even their locations.
Weaponizing Federal Power
The justification for this unprecedented surveillance was special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into whether former President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election — an investigation that had no legal connection to the senators in question. The phone records were sought three years after the election, and two months after Trump had already been indicted, making it clear this was not law enforcement, but political espionage under color of law.
The internal FBI document confirming the operation was hidden in a “prohibited access” file, later unearthed by FBI Director Kash Patel, and reveals that the surveillance was formally sanctioned within the Bureau. That means it was almost certainly approved by senior leadership, including Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray — a systematic abuse of power, not a rogue act.
The Same Names, the Same Playbook
As with prior anti-Trump operations, FBI agent Timothy Thibault reappears in the mix. Thibault’s name has been tied to nearly every politically charged case since 2016 — from Russiagate and the Hunter Biden laptop suppression to the 2020 election narrative management. His presence once again signals a coordinated network of ideologically driven officials operating with near-total impunity inside the intelligence apparatus.
Grassley’s disclosures also confirm the targeting extended beyond Capitol Hill: 92 Republican groups and individuals, including Turning Point USA, were also surveilled. What the FBI called an “election integrity investigation” was, in reality, a dragnet against the conservative movement itself.
From Burglary to Bureaucracy
The contrast with Watergate is staggering. Nixon’s operatives acted outside the law, and the system corrected itself — with prosecutions, resignations, and a reaffirmation of constitutional limits. Today, the system itself is the violator. When the FBI spies on senators, it’s not just political misconduct — it’s an institutional coup against accountability.
Mainstream media coverage has been minimal, treating the story as a bureaucratic technicality rather than a historic breach of civil liberty. Even Republican leadership’s response — cautious press releases and committee promises — underscores how normalized government surveillance has become.
A Crisis Deeper Than Watergate
This is not just another scandal. It is a collapse of the very checks and balances that protect the Republic. The FBI and DOJ — once meant to safeguard justice — have become instruments of partisan control, eroding the distinction between governance and political warfare.
Unlike 1974, there will be no televised hearings or resignations. No “Watergate moment.” Just silence — as those in power continue to expand their reach and rewrite the boundaries of legality itself.
Unless Congress and the courts hold those responsible accountable, the precedent will stand: that the intelligence state can target elected representatives at will — and that the Republic itself is fair game.
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