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Oct 13, 2026

Catherine HerridgeGUEST
12:30
It can be very revealing.
Catherine HerridgeGUEST
12:31
But was there a circumstance where Jack Smith's team was taking the data from the Penn Register collection and overlaying it with other data collection that was being done? Guaranteed.
Chris FarrellHOST
12:43
I mean, this is not in isolation.
Chris FarrellHOST
12:46
This is one investigative technique of an overall investigative plan.
John SolomonHOST
29:00
I want to drill down on the lawyers.
John SolomonHOST
29:02
So you look at the Penn Register, the daily and weekly reports that we made public, and it seems like there's really only three categories of people they're looking at.
John SolomonHOST
29:10
Defense lawyers, 21 defense lawyers, almost regularly being recorded.
John SolomonHOST
29:14
Every time they talk to Trump's chief of staff, she was the chief of staff for the campaign, running the campaign, They're very interested in defense lawyers.
JRHOST
100:12
Never heard of it.
JRHOST
100:14
Appears to use FBI investigative tool known as Pen Register to target phone calls of then campaign manager Susie Wiles.
JRHOST
100:23
Nope, different topic.
JRHOST
100:24
Allegedly tracked nearly two dozen defense attorneys, five journalists, first lady and political advisors, including little cashew.

12 MINS LATER

JRHOST
112:52
On X, as we live in the most exciting time there has ever been to be alive in the history of the known universe.
JRHOST
113:00
All right, back to Julie Kelly for a minute here.
JRHOST
113:03
She says, so who signed the pen register order against Susie Wiles? My best bet is Beryl Howell.
JRHOST
113:10
And who renewed it after 60 days? Julie Kelly says, my best bet is James Bozoburger.
Jim JordanGUEST
11:58
Great to be with you, John.
John SolomonHOST
12:00
All right, we now have public, the Penn Register documents.
John SolomonHOST
12:04
The FBI was tracking the calls that Susie Wiles was making with President Trump's legal defense team.
John SolomonHOST
12:10
They seem to only be interested in journalists, defense lawyers, and political advisors.
John SolomonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
29:09
It is basically putting your thumb on the scale by trying to cheat, by trying to understand what the Trump legal strategy is.
John SolomonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
29:15
That's the first thing the Penn Register was capturing.
Wendy BellHOST
29:18
Biden's FBI wasn't investigating Trump for any crimes.
Wendy BellHOST
29:23
They were monitoring what he and his lawyers knew about their crimes, period.
Wendy BellHOST
29:31
John Solomon comes back and says, look, Biden's FBI also wanted to know which reporters were with them and who was against them and spied on Trump's campaign team.
Wendy BellHOST
29:44
Wow.
John SolomonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
29:46
The second thing the Penn Register was capturing, it makes no sense because journalists had nothing to do with the classified records case, was a journalist's calls to Susie Wiles.
John SolomonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
29:55
Those were being flagged in real time.
John SolomonGUEST
18:37
putting your thumb on the scale by trying to cheat, by trying to understand what the Trump legal strategy is.
John SolomonGUEST
18:43
That's the first thing the Penn Register was capturing.
John SolomonGUEST
18:46
The second thing the Penn Register was capturing, it makes no sense because journalists had nothing to do with the classified records case, was a journalist's calls to Susie Wiles.
John SolomonGUEST
18:54
Those were being flagged in real time.
John SolomonGUEST
18:57
Some of my calls as a reporter for Just the News were flagged, the New York Times, ABC News.
Jeffrey PedersenHOST
7:50
Uh, just keep that in mind for a minute as well.
Jeffrey PedersenHOST
7:53
But it appears to use FBI's investigated tool known as PEN Register to target phone calls of the then campaign manager, Susie Wiles.
Jeffrey PedersenHOST
8:03
Okay? Allegedly tracked nearly two dozen d-defense attorneys, five journalists, the pr- uh, the First Lady, uh, political advisors, including Kash.
Jeffrey PedersenHOST
8:13
Uh, the administration officials characterize this as intrusive tactics by special counsel Jack Smith's team.
Jeffrey PedersenHOST
8:19
The probe laid the groundwork for classified records case against President Trump.
Jeffrey PedersenHOST
8:25
PEN Register Trap.
Jeffrey PedersenHOST
8:27
Okay? TT.
Jeffrey PedersenHOST
8:29
PEN Register Trap and Trace, guys.

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