Fox News Politics Newsletter: ‘FBI’s “Gotcha” Scheme’

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Phoning it in 

EXCLUSIVE: The Biden White House turned over government cellphones belonging to President and former Vice President Mike Pence to the FBI in May 2022 as part of a bureau probe into the aftermath of the 2020 election, tying Trump to that investigation without sufficient predication, Fox News Digital has learned.

The FBI did not need a warrant to physically obtain the government phones from the Biden White House, but after acquiring the devices agents began drafting a search warrant to extract the phones’ data, sources familiar with told Fox News Digital.

“The Biden White House played right along with the FBI’s ‘gotcha’ scheme against Trump,” a source familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital. “Biden’s Office of White House Counsel, under the leadership of Dana Remus and Jonathan Su, gave its blessing and accommodation for the FBI to physically obtain Trump and Pence’s phones in early May 2022. Weeks later, the FBI began drafting a search warrant to extract the phones’ data.” …

Biden White House turned over Trump, Pence cellphones in anti-Trump agent’s case.  (Associated Press)

White House

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President Donald Trump speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (Pool via AP)

World Stage

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Venezuela agrees to resume deportation flights (Getty Images)

Capitol Hill

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Across America

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Vance booed at Kennedy Center concert (Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images)

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