In May 2022, the Biden administration provided the FBI with government-issued cellphones that were once in the possession of then-former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence. According to reports from Fox News Digital
these devices were turned over as part of an investigation into the aftermath of the 2020 election—a probe that ultimately came to be associated with allegations of “gotcha” tactics aimed at linking Trump to the investigation without a firm evidentiary basis.