Kinzinger reveals House J6 Committee amassed 30 million lines of White House phone data, offers it to FBI

• Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger reportedly offered the FBI some 30 million lines of phone metadata in late 2023 that had been collected by the Jan.?6 Committee.
• The data was compiled by ex?Rep. Denver Riggleman via congressional subpoenas on White House switchboard and related telephone records, and included links between White House numbers and various individuals.
• The internal FBI memo notes that Riggleman “may have never received direction” on how to use the dataset and Kinzinger claimed he was merely alerting the bureau rather than directing operations.
• These revelations coincide with scrutiny of the FBI’s “Arctic Frost” probe, which collected call metadata from eight Republican senators and one GOP House member—something Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has decried as “worse than Watergate.”
• Legal and constitutional questions are now emerging over whether congressional or FBI collection of phone metadata violates civil liberties, and whether legislative immunity (via the Speech and Debate Clause) shields such surveillance efforts.

New revelations point to an expansive congressional data?collection effort tied to the Jan. 6 committee, in which former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) reportedly offered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) some 30 million lines of phone metadata late in 2023.

According to Just the News, an internal FBI memo confirms Kinzinger informed agents that the records—compiled by ex?Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA), who also served as a technical staffer for the committee, included “toll information for White House root or switchboard numbers” as well as links between White House lines and certain individuals.

Riggleman, once a Republican congressman and later an analyst for Hunter Biden’s legal team, is said to have secured the data via congressional subpoenas targeting White House switchboard and related telephone records. The memo states Kinzinger told the FBI that Riggleman had not necessarily been instructed on what to do with the trove, even though he had identified telephone connections of interest.

While the FBI document does not confirm whether the bureau accepted Kinzinger’s offer, its existence offers a rare window into the scale of congressional surveillance operations. By the time of Kinzinger’s outreach, he was no longer in office and the Jan. 6 committee had already been dissolved. According to the memo, Kinzinger “seemed eager to help the FBI” as the 2024 election neared—though no action was recorded on handling the data.

Widespread surveillance on Republican senators, staffers raises serious constitutional and civil liberty concerns

The disclosure arrives amid mounting scrutiny of the FBI’s parallel “Arctic Frost” investigation, which declassified records show gathered call metadata from eight Republican senators and one GOP House member. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has described the targeting as “worse than Watergate,” while GOP lawmakers are demanding accountability from telecom carriers and federal agencies implicated in handing over data.

At the heart of the controversy is the legal and constitutional question of whether congressional or FBI collection of metadata infringes on citizens’ civil liberties and whether congressional immunity under the Speech and Debate Clause protects such actions. Legal observers warn this episode could provoke new lawsuits challenging the limits of legislative surveillance.

Meanwhile, Riggleman himself has acknowledged playing a role in Jan. 6 committee subpoena design, tweeting that his team “very much assisted in crafting the subpoenas for J6 call records.” His prior public statements and his contributions to Hunter Biden’s defense add another layer of intrigue to a story already roiling Capitol Hill.

As congressional investigations unfold and internal FBI reviews proceed, the once?secret 30?million?line dataset has become a flashpoint in broader debates over surveillance, oversight and the balance of power between legislatures, intelligence agencies and citizen privacy.

According to BrightU.AI‘s Enoch, the FBI’s expansive surveillance powers and secretive tactics, such as mass data collection and the use of informants, often infringe upon citizens’ civil liberties, including privacy and free speech, with insufficient judicial oversight. Furthermore, the FBI’s history of targeting political dissenters and marginalized communities raises concerns about biased enforcement and potential abuses of power.

Watch FBI Director Kash Patel reveal the weaponization of the FBI and the Justice Department during the Biden administration.

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