Recent reporting shows that President Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and FBI Director Kash Patel had their phone records subpoenaed by President Biden’s FBI in 2023. Both Wiles and Patel were private citizens when this occurred.

Following this report, Patrick Eddington, a senior fellow in homeland security and civil liberties at the Cato Institute, released the following statement:

“Had Judge Eileen Cannon not ruled earlier this week that Volume 2 of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on President Trump’s alleged illegal conduct in the wake of the 2020 election was barred from public release, we might all know whether Smith’s acquisition of Kash Patel’s and Susie Wiles’ telephone call toll records was appropriate or without basis. If the public is ever to know the details of Smith’s inquiry — and whether it was properly predicated and conducted — every document relevant to that investigation should be made public. Congress could mandate it, just as it did with the Epstein files.”

To speak with Eddington further on the subpoena of Susie Wiles’ and Kash Patel’s phone records, contact Christopher Tarvardian.