Overview
- Verizon told Sen. Chuck Grassley it deemed a May 2023 grand-jury subpoena “facially valid” and produced toll records tied to numbers later linked to 10 Republican lawmakers, while AT&T questioned the legal basis and no records were produced.
- The subpoenas sought call-detail data, texts metadata, subscriber and payment information for Jan. 4–7, 2021, and did not request the content of communications.
- U.S. District Judge James Boasberg approved one-year nondisclosure orders that barred the carriers from notifying affected members, with those gags expiring May 25, 2024.
- Newly identified lines included a Senate office landline and numbers associated with Sens. Rick Scott and Ted Cruz, as Republicans spotlight a broader set of roughly 197 Arctic Frost subpoenas described in whistleblower materials.
- Smith, through counsel, says the steps were noted in his public report and were narrowly tailored and lawful, as GOP committees press for records, waivers of grand-jury secrecy, and potential testimony.