Talked to John Thune tonight about the controversial provision in the spending law allowing GOP senators to sue DOJ for $500K. He defended it and dismissed House GOP push to repeal it. “The House is going to do what they're going to do with it. It didn't apply to them.”

“There's a statute that obviously was violated, and what this does is enables people who are harmed, in this case, United States senators, to have a private right of action against the weaponization by the Justice Department,” Thune said

Thune on the senators’ $500K award: "I don't think anybody was talking about taking the money, but I think the penalty is in place to ensure that in the future…there is a remedy in place.” Rs are objecting to their phone records seized without their knowledge in Jack Smith probe