There is nothing illegal about getting cell phone records like this. In fact, if you look carefully at the fine print in your cell phone contract you'll see that you don't even own your phone records.
This is important because it means your phone records -- meaning just the details of which numbers you called, when you called them, the duration of the call, your location when you made the call, etc. -- are not necessarily protected under the Fourth Amendment.
Sure. But if there was due process, instead of a star chamber, the defense would have subpoenad the phone records of Schiff's staff and the whistleblower. They woud subpoena the funding sources of the Atlantic Council, which includes Burisma. They would subpoena phone records from Herbst and others associated with Burisma and Schiff staffers.
Yes. I know about the cell phone contracts.
We all have them, but no one ever reads the lengthy legal document.
Like computer licensing agreements. Must sign or no service.