Virginia Democrat Claims FBI and Justice Department Surveillance
Virginia Democrat Claims Surveillance on Phone Calls
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, a Democrat from Virginia, revealed yesterday that both the FBI and Justice Department had monitored his phone calls with Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas. Subramanyam, who is serving his first term as a congressman after being part of the Virginia Senate, stated that the federal agencies recently notified him of the recorded conversations. These recordings were part of a corruption investigation concerning Lucas.
“This is deeply concerning,” Subramanyam expressed in his statement. He criticized Trump’s Department of Justice, likening its actions to those of a personal law firm carrying out vendettas against Trump’s political opponents.
Subramanyam alleged that the timing of the wiretap and investigation seemed suspicious, coinciding with the vote on a new Democratic-drawn congressional map and subsequent court rulings. According to the documents attached to his statement, conversations with Lucas were surveilled between March 6 to April 5 and again from April 14 to May 14. Virginia voters narrowly approved the new map on April 21, only for the state’s Supreme Court to block it on May 8.
The FBI chose not to comment, and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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