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The Fox News Rundown

Extra: The FBI Allegedly Spied On Sen. Hagerty. He's Not Happy About It

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

Politics, Daily News, News

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

According to a report out last week, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the January 6th Capitol riot allegedly included tracking the cell phone communications of eight Republican senators. One of those Senators was Tennessee’s Bill Hagerty. Hagerty spoke with FOX News Rundown host Dave Anthony after the news broke and explained how he found the FBI had accessed his private phone activities. The Senator discussed how he hoped to get answers on how this happened and why he thinks actions like this have led to many Americans losing faith in America’s justice system and federal agencies. We often have to cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full interview. Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with a very unhappy Sen. Bill Haggerty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Fox News Rundown Extra.

0:07.2

I'm Dave Anthony. Today, a Republican senator who was not happy when we talked to him. Why?

0:15.8

Because Bill Haggerty, who's from Tennessee, found out he was among nine GOP lawmakers, eight senators and a House member,

0:24.2

who had their phone records tracked, logs of who they called, locations of those on the other line,

0:31.0

during the Biden administration, underscoring what Republicans call the weaponization of government targeting them.

0:38.3

At the heart of the new controversy, his special counsel, Jack Smith, who later led two criminal

0:44.8

cases against then former president and candidate Trump on the handling of classified documents

0:50.8

and 2020 election interference. Both were dropped after the Trump 2020 for victory.

0:57.5

Now, the Senator phone tracking was part of what was called Arctic Frost, probed into the 2021 January 6th

1:05.5

Capitol riot. And we talked to Senator Haggerty the same day. Attorney General Pam Bondi testified at a Senate hearing and sparred with Democrats who claim it's President Trump weaponizing government now to go after his political rivals.

1:22.5

Well, for time reasons, we had to cut out some of what the senator had to say and, as you'll hear, what the senator had to react to some of what Pam Bondi had to say at the hearing.

1:34.4

So it's all very interesting.

1:36.0

And everything we cut out all back in this weekend extra that lets you hear entire conversations with our rundown guests.

1:43.7

We appreciate you being here.

1:45.8

We thank you for listening and hope you return.

1:48.8

And now Senator Bill Haggerty.

1:51.0

On the Fox News Rundown Extra.

1:57.6

Joining us on the Fox News Rundown is Senator Bill Haggerty, Republican from Tennessee, who is one of the eight GOP senators, as we've learned this week, were part of an investigation dating back to the Biden administration with Special Counsel Jack Smith, who ultimately in his probes got two indictments

2:19.8

against then former President Trump. But this was a probe into what happened with the January

2:25.4

6, 2021 Capitol riot. And the Arctic Frost investigation then, they looked at the records,

2:31.8

the phone logs for eight different senators and one Republican in Congress as well, and Senator Haggerty was among them.

2:39.6

So first, Senator, thank you for being here.

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