WASHINGTON — The Biden Justice Department seized President Trump’s official cellphone from his first term and issued a subpoena for his personal call logs, Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed Tuesday.
Bondi said the apparently unprecedented action was part of the Arctic Frost investigation of the steps by Trump and his allies to challenge his loss in the 2020 election.
“During the Arctic Frost Investigation, we found that Special Counsel [Jack Smith] seized President Trump’s government-issued phone,” Bondi revealed in an X post.
“This means the Biden Administration turned over President Trump’s phone to Special Counsel — an UNPRECEDENTED action.”
“In addition,” she added, “Special Counsel subpoenaed all of President Trump’s PERSONAL phone records. We can never again allow this kind of government weaponization in America.”
Bondi did not say which phone company was subpoenaed for Trump’s personal call logs or whether the company complied or challenged the subpoena.
Smith was prosecuting Trump for his effort to overturn the 2020 election results before the Republican won a second term last November. He also indicted Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents in what Trump called “lawfare” designed to derail his comeback campaign.
