Trump 1.0 alums share chilling Google message from before second-term return: 'LAWFARE at its finest'

Trump officials including Dan Scavino and Kash Patel say Google notified them of FBI surveillance under Biden administration through court-ordered legal process.

From left to right, FBI Director Kash Patel, Dan Scavino, and Jeff Clark. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/Brian Snyder; )

Less than a half-hour after Scavino’s post, FBI Director Kash Patel responded to him saying "I got one of those too..." 

Jeff Clark, the current acting administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, then chimed in Saturday morning, saying that he, too, received a similar message.

"Indeed, a whole Jack Smith team was assigned to go through my emails after there was a privilege review," Clark wrote on X in reference to the former special counsel. 

"But that group of lawyers ignored my religious pastor privilege, marital privilege, and other privileges and basically shipped all they could to Jack Smith. But it still cost me tens of thousands to try to protect my communications," he added. 

FORMER CIA DIRECTOR JOHN BRENNAN 'CLUELESS' ABOUT WHY FBI WOULD INVESTIGATE HIM 

President Biden speaks in Raleigh, N.C., on Jan. 18, 2024. The Trump administration officials suggested they were being investigated by the FBI under the Biden administration. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

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Fox News’ Alex Miller contributed to this report. 

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