Biden’s FBI Subpoenaed Phone Records of Wiles, Patel

The ‘Big Problem’ in US Negotiations With Iran

InternationalCommentary

Marco Rubio in Munich: ‘We Want an Alliance That Boldly Races to the Future’

Cuba Says It Killed 4, Wounded 6 Others Aboard Speedboat, Including Wanted Cubans Who Came From US

9-0 SCOTUS Ruling Could Trigger Wave of ICE Detention Lawsuits

Biden-Appointed Judge’s Blistering Rebuke Could Change Trump’s Deportation Strategy

Abigail Spanberger Poses 3 Questions in Democrat Rebuttal to Trump

Border Patrol Union Blames Biden Admin for Cartel’s Possession of ‘Military-Grade Weapons’

 InternationalCommentary

Cracking Down on China’s Trade Cheating the Right Way

Time for Denmark and the United States to Secure Greenland

Daughter Pleads for Father’s Release From Chinese Prison 

What to Expect in PLA Activities Near Taiwan Leading Up to Trump and Xi Summit

‘Complex’: Senators Say Passing SAVE America Act Will Be a Challenge

Trump Stem-Winder Sends Shockwaves Across Capitol Hill

‘Did Nancy Pelosi Stand Up?’: Trump Calls Out Pelosi as He Calls for Congressional Insider Trading Ban

Dems Sit in Protest After Trump Demands Americans Be Placed Over Illegal Aliens

Trump Calls on Senate to Pass SAVE America Act

What Supermajorities of Likely Voters in Battleground States Say About SAVE America Act

More States Moving to Close Election Funding Loophole Few Voters Knew Existed

ACLU Looks to Dismantle Ohio Election Integrity Law

‘War Was Visited Upon These People’: Play About Oct. 7 Comes to DC

Are Americans Being Radicalized Online and Converting to Islam?

International Analysis

Why Is the Iran Regime on the Verge of Collapse?

Trump Envoy Announces Next Phase of Gaza Peace Plan 

Meet the People Fueling Chaos in Minneapolis, New York, and Beyond 

OH BABY! Couples Could Make Big Money on Trump Accounts

What Comes Next for Venezuela? State Department Official Explains

ICE Operations: What Americans Actually Want  

Health Care Commentary

Victor Davis Hanson: Cancer Update, ‘Your Prayers Work, Folks’

Preventive or Preemptive? The Pros and Cons of a Potential US Strike on Iran

‘You Owe Us’ Is the Mantra of the Left

Glib Barista AOC’s Ignorance Front and Center at Munich Security Conference

Biden’s FBI Subpoenaed Phone Records of Wiles, Patel

FBI Director Kash Patel. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell / @TheElizMitchell

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is the White House Correspondent for "The Daily Signal." Send her an email.

FBI Director Kash Patel revealed that the Biden administration subpoenaed records of phone calls that both he and now-White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles made in 2022 and 2023.

The subpoenas were part of the FBI’s probe of Donald Trump.

“It is outrageous and deeply alarming that the previous FBI leadership secretly subpoenaed my own phone records – along with those of now White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles – using flimsy pretexts and burying the entire process in prohibited case files designed to evade all oversight,” Patel said in a statement to Reuters.

Under President Joe Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as a special prosecutor to investigate Trump in 2022 over alleged mishandling of classified documents and allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election.

Smith produced a two-volume report on his investigation into the classified documents case, although a federal judge blocked him from releasing the second volume.

Both Patel and Wiles were private citizens when their records were subpoenaed.

The FBI recorded a phone call between Wiles and her lawyer. The lawyer was aware of the FBI’s involvement, but Wiles was not.

Patel said he did not know the FBI’s purpose in seizing the phone records of him and Wiles, who became a top Trump adviser after he left office in 2021 and eventually co-campaign manager for his 2024 run against Biden. Patel also was a Trump political ally during this time.

Patel said the collection of phone records extended into Wiles’ time as Trump’s co-campaign manager, though he did not say when exactly the record collection began or ended.

At least 10 current FBI employees have been dismissed due to targeting Patel, Wiles, and others, FBI sources told the New York Times.

Trump officials told Axios the news might be just “the tip of the iceberg.”

“I am in shock,” Wiles reportedly told associates in response to learning about the subpoena.

Reuters contributed to this report.

Pipe-Bomb Suspect’s Arrest Solidifies Patel’s Standing

Trump Teases ‘Interesting Things’ From Georgia FBI Raid, as County Prepares Legal Showdown

Sen. Graham Receives Concessions After ‘Hold’ on Senate’s Funding Deal

Read the first chapter of The Woketopus right now for FREE

Today, even with President Trump’s victory, leftist elites have their tentacles in every aspect of our government.

The Daily Signal’s own Tyler O’Neil exposes this leftist cabal in his new book, The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.

In this book, O’Neil reveals how the Left’s NGO apparatus pursues its woke agenda, maneuvering like an octopus by circumventing Congress and entrenching its interests in the federal government.

You can read the first chapter of this new book for FREE in this eBook, The Woketopus: Chapter One using the secure link below.

The Tony Kinnett Cast

The Daily Signal Podcast

© 2025 The Daily Signal Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

We use cookies on our website. By using our website, you consent to cookies.  Learn More .  

© The Daily Signal