"And so I turned it over, I spent the last two years working with the DOJ, clearing my name. It's taken two years. And quite frankly, the impact that has on your family my little one still has nightmares, afraid that his dad's going to be taken away by Big Bad Biden and his Department of Justice. That should never happen again, answered Ogles."
"They were spying on members of Congress, which is a violation of the United States Constitution. You have the speech and debate clause, which is very clear. And so this is a caution and a wake up call to the American people that we must have control over the U.S. Government, it can't be spying on us and you. They just came over to you and said, Congressman, give me your phone'? followed up Bartiromo."
"The Justice Department has agreed to return your cell phone and destroy the personal data obtained from it after the Biden-led FBI seized your phone back in August of 2024. I know you're gonna share your personal story of mass surveillance under Biden with other members of Congress who were also spied on, and you told us a little about it. What happened? Bartiromo asked Ogles on Tuesday's edition of Mornings with Maria."
"Well, I mean, it matters who leads. And so under President Trump, under this Department of Justice, starting with [Pam] Bondi, now Todd Blanche, we're getting back to the idea of law and order, replied the congressman. And so Biden weaponized the government against the American people, against members of Congress I wasn't the only one. You look at Congressman Scott Perry, you look at Arctic Frost, you look up the senators that were targeted."
A congressman said his child still has nightmares about him being jailed by former President Joe Biden. He described the FBI seizing his phone in August 2024 and said the Justice Department later agreed to return the phone and destroy personal data obtained from it. He said he spent two years working with the DOJ to clear his name. He claimed the government was weaponized against members of Congress and said spying on them violated the Constitution’s speech and debate clause. He said the phone was demanded after an alleged FEC violation and framed the experience as a warning that the government must not spy on Americans.
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