Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have asked for all the surveillance warrants the FBI asked for from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court as part of the FBI's investigation into Russian campaign interference, including possible collusion with the campaign of Donald Trump.
The top Republicans cited stories by both the BBC and CNN, the latter of which President Trump continues to brand as fake news.
The request by the senators was based on news reports that the Justice Department had asked the court for authority to monitor members of the Trump presidential campaign—which the court denied, advising the FBI to narrow its focus.
They said they want copies of both classified and non-classified.
Both Congress and the FBI are investigating Russia’s meddling in the presidential election and whether the Trump campaign colluded in that effort. The president has said any suggestion of that is fake news served up by media “enemies” in service of his Democratic opponents, who he says are trying to undermine his presidency.
