Trump is at odds with some MAGA Republicans over FISA reauthorization.
“Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have been working to pass a clean extension of FISA Section 702, a Law that was passed many years ago by Congress to collect Intelligence on Foreigners and Noncitizens.
When used properly, FISA is an effective tool to keep Americans safe. For these reasons, I have called for a clean 18-month extension,” he wrote to Truth Social on Wednesday. He added that reforms “must remain intact to protect the American People from abuses” and that “nobody understands this better than me, as I was a victim of the worst and most illegal abuse of FISA in our Nation’s History.” His support for the reauthorization of FISA puts him at odds with some of his closest allies, including Boebert, a Colorado Republican.Boebert has remained opposed to reauthorizing FISA, telling Axios “no” in response to a question about whether a briefing with administration officials swayed her vote. On Wednesday, she reposted Trump’s comments on FISA from 2020 on X with the pointing emoji—using his own words to explain why she is opposed to the bill. “If the FISA Bill is passed tonight on the House floor, I will quickly VETO it. Our Country has just suffered through the greatest political crime in its history. The massive abuse of FISA was a big part of it!” Trump wrote in a May 27, 2020 post to X. Representative Andy Ogles, a Tennessee Republican, deployed a similar tactic, sharing a 2024 post by Trump to Truth Social in which he wrote, “KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!! DJT”It allows the U.S. government to collect communications of non-Americans located outside the country without a warrant for the purpose of gathering foreign intelligence. It has been a critical tool in disrupting terror attacks, cyber intrusions, and foreign espionage. The law also means Americans' communications can be collected under some circumstances.“It’s a whole different context today — 2026, not 2024. And you know, we got something like 56 reforms in the legislation last year, and they’ve made a huge difference. … I think it’s a completely different framework.”“Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is our nation’s most important and most rigorously overseen foreign intelligence collection tool. It is used every single day to thwart terrorist attacks, to stop fentanyl traffickers and to identify foreign spies. While I have always championed reform, including the many reforms put into place two years ago, allowing this authority to expire would put the American people at severe risk. In 2024, Congress instituted 56 reforms to enhance oversight of this program, and since then we have seen zero evidence of intentional abuse.”“This is a privacy issue. It's a very important tool, don't get me wrong, against terrorists. But you cannot, in my mind, continue to warrantlessly surveil U.S. citizens that don’t have an immediate nexus or tie to some terrorists.”Debate over whether Congress should reauthorize FISA continues. It’s unclear whether there will be enough support to reauthorize the bill.
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