Overview
- An FBI Significant Case Notification indicates that on Jan. 24, 2023, Smith’s team sought toll records for the personal cellphones of then‑Speaker Kevin McCarthy and former Rep. Louie Gohmert.
- AT&T told Sen. Chuck Grassley it received a grand jury subpoena covering two members of Congress, identified one as Sen. Ted Cruz, and says no records for any lawmaker were produced.
- The newly disclosed document points to McCarthy as the second lawmaker referenced in AT&T’s account of the subpoena.
- Smith’s lawyers have defended the subpoenas as lawful and described the toll‑data collection as narrowly limited to Jan. 4–7, 2021.
- Republican investigators cite related FBI records noting preliminary toll analysis involving several GOP senators, while McCarthy condemns the effort and calls for accountability and legal recourse.