With each passing day, it seems as though new details about the Biden administration’s gross weaponization of the federal government against political adversaries emerge, as was the case this week when Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) dropped a bombshell.

Now, amid news that Biden-era special counsel Jack Smith surveilled the phone records of eight Republican senators as part of his “Arctic Frost” investigation of the 2020 election, one of the impacted lawmakers, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), is calling for his disbarment as well as his prosecution, as the Daily Wire reports.

Damning details emerge

It was earlier this week that Grassley made public a document he obtained, revealing the details of FBI targeting of a group of GOP  lawmakers as part of Smith’s “Arctic Frost” probe.

According to a press release issued by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the FBI sought information for the senator’s “personal cell phones for ‘tolling data’ as part of its Arctic Frost investigation. One Republican member of the House of Representatives was also impacted.”

The release noted that the probe itself “formed the basis of Jack Smith’s elector case against President Donald Trump.”

As the panel noted, the agency “in 2023 sought and obtained data about the senators’ phone use from January 4 through January 7, 2021. That data shows when and to whom a call is made, as well as the duration and general location data of the call. The data does not include the content of the call.”

Those targeted for this type of surveillance were Sens. Lindsey Graham (SC), Bill Hagerty (TN), Josh Hawley (MO), Dan Sullivan (AK), Tommy Tuberville (AL), Ron Johnson (WI), Cynthia Lummis (WY), and Marsha Blackburn (TN), as well as Rep. Mike Kelly (PA).

Lawmakers weigh in

In Grassley’s estimation, “Arctic Frost and related weaponization by federal law enforcement under [Joe] Biden was arguably worse than Watergate,” and he added his belief that “Attorney General [Pam] Bondi and Director [Kash] Patel need to hold accountable those involved in this serious wrongdoing.”

Blackburn, whose records were targeted in the probe, voiced her outrage as well, stating, “There will be some indictments, and there will be some prosecutions, and holding people…accountable to the full extent of the law, that is going to be a priority.”

The Tennessee Republican continued, “We’re already doing a letter of complaint to the D.C. bar about Jack Smith because this was his shop.”

She went on concerning Smith, “He should be disbarred at the very least, and should face the full extent of accountability under the law.”

Speaking to the anger she feels about what went on, Blackburn stated, “It is a violation of our civil rights. It’s a violation of our privacy rights. No one can find a time when…the FBI has done this.”

Hawley fumes, vows to pursue justice

The fury directed at those responsible for the surveillance that occurred was not limited to Grassley and Blackburn, with Hawley -- whose records were also obtained in the probe -- declaring the situation to have been “an abuse of power beyond Watergate,” as Fox News noted, and “a profound violation of the separation of powers.”

Pointing to what he hopes will happen next, Hawley added, “We need a full investigation of all involved: who knew about it, who ordered it, and who approved it. Anyone and everyone who violated the law must be prosecuted. The way to save the country is to restore the rule of law,” but whether any progress on that front will be forthcoming in the immediate future, only time will tell.