Posted on 10/30/2025 11:35:53 PM PDT by Libloather
FIRST ON FOX: Two major phone carriers took sharply different paths when former special counsel Jack Smith's team subpoenaed phone records tied to Republican lawmakers in 2023, according to the redacted subpoenas and letters first shared with Fox News Digital.
The documents, provided by the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, reveal Verizon's compliance and AT&T's resistance when faced with Smith's requests, which were part of Arctic Frost, the FBI probe that led to Smith bringing election charges against President Donald Trump.
The 12 phone numbers on the subpoena to Verizon are redacted and replaced by Grassley's office with the names of the lawmakers associated with them. They include one House member and 10 senators, including Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fl., whose name was not previously reported.
AT&T received a similar request, according to a second subpoena. The company told Grassley the subpoenaed phone records were associated with two lawmakers, including Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, according to a source directly familiar with the matter. The source said AT&T declined to disclose the second person.
Accompanying the two subpoenas were gag orders, signed by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of Washington, D.C., that directed the two phone companies not to disclose the subpoenas to the lawmakers for one year. Prosecutors can seek such gag orders to temporarily keep investigative matters confidential.
The phone companies also wrote letters to Grassley, first shared with Fox News Digital, explaining how they handled the subpoenas they received, revealing two different approaches.
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And that's how it's done.
stooge Jerk E. Biasedjerk should be dancing at the end of a rope on a tree somewhere.
They think that they’re untouchable.
yeah
Fortunately they are not.
This alone is enough to tell people to switch to AT&T if you find protection from the Government spying on its citizen is important.
Verizon: Can you hear them now, Agent Smith?
Dump Verizon’s if you use their service.
From where I sit it would appear they are
“Smith and Boesberg belong in jail for life!”
Hopefully after the government reopens.
RICO them all, including the telecom companies.
We would if we could get good cell service other than Verizon in our area. Providers don’t seem to like a lot of the rural areas and they charge an arm and a leg for limited data when they are in the rural areas.
Yes, in many cases all you have to do is ask a question, like “WHY?” The twit/dishonest person will back off.
I personally ran into this when a company I worked for had an inhouse group all hot to trot on forcing all of our vendors to implement some program. A program the vendors would have to fund and would ensure that the inhouse program workers would have forever jobs.
But, BUT, they were unwilling to put the program requirements into a contract with each of the vendors (there were thousands).
I, as a contractor, saw this as unworkable and just asked in the roll-out meeting: “How are we gonna enforce compliance if we do not have the provision in the contract?” Silence. The meeting was shut down and the program cancelled.
ASK!
Just did a search 'Verizon ceo Ray Smith retires to government' and learned he just about transubstantiated to where the air is rare for the few, the superior, the untouchable.
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