FBI and DOJ Oversight

Federal subpoenas seeking non‑content toll records for Kash Patel and Susie Wiles in 2022–23 — issued during special counsel Jack Smith’s election‑interference and classified‑documents probes — have been tied to a wider sweep that included Google notices to other Trump allies such as Corey Lewandowski and Dan Scavino. Two FBI officials say agents recorded a 2023 call between Wiles and her lawyer with the lawyer’s consent, a claim the lawyer denies and Wiles says left her "in shock," while Patel called the subpoenas "outrageous," alleging they were hidden in protected case files and saying he has moved to end the FBI’s use of "Prohibited" file designations.

The FBI subpoenaed 2022–2023 toll records for Kash Patel and Susie Wiles—issued while both were private citizens—as part of the federal classified‑documents probe, a disclosure that left Wiles “in shock” and coincided with the ouster of roughly 10 FBI employees tied to the Mar‑a‑Lago investigation. Officials say the FBI recorded at least one 2023 call between Wiles and her then‑attorney with the lawyer’s purported consent, but the attorney now “categorically” denies consenting and says doing so would violate his professional obligations, a dispute Wiles and her lawyer say suggests the bureau may have misrepresented consent and has drawn criticism from conservative allies and commentators (including accusations that Patel sought to build a case against special counsel Jack Smith).