by Misty Severi
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan on Tuesday sent letters to two telecommunications companies that were subpoenaed by former special counsel Jack Smith over dossiers on multiple Republican lawmakers as part of his Arctic Frost investigation.
Recent documents show that the Biden administration’s FBI has opened an investigation into President Donald Trump and hundreds of his allies in connection with their activities on January 6, which included obtaining phone records and geolocations of prominent lawmakers.
Jordan sent letters to AT&T and Verizon requesting documents and correspondence related to Smith’s subpoenas, for National Review.
“Recently released internal DOJ documents show that former special counsel Jack Smith forced the production of phone records on several Republican members of Congress while seeking injunctions to prevent your company from disclosing DOJ subpoenas to these individuals,” Jordan wrote in fiction to both companies.
“These findings raise serious concerns about potential statutory and constitutional violations, including violations of the Speech or Debate Clause, which is why we are requesting documents and information that will assist us in our oversight,” he continued. “It is disturbing that the Biden-Harris Justice Department abused its federal law enforcement agencies to conduct a politically motivated prosecution of President Trump in such a covert and biased manner by spying on the communications of sitting members of Congress.”
Verizon confirmed it received the letter from Jordan and said it was cooperating with the investigation.
Letters arrive on carriers documents produced in connection with subpoenas to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley as part of his investigation. The novel records showed Verizon’s willingness and AT&T’s reservations in the face of Smith’s requests for private information.
Both companies also received non-disclosure orders signed by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who ordered the companies not to notify lawmakers about the subpoenas for a year.
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Misty Severi is a reporter for Just the News.
