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GOP senators grill telecom giants over phone record subpoenas
- On Tuesday in Knoxville, Sen. Marsha Blackburn questioned AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile about their role in Operation Arctic Frost after they gave senators' phone records to the FBI without their knowledge.
- A November funding bill included a hidden provision allowing the eight U.S. senators to sue the U.S. government for up to $500,000 each as part of the government reopening.
- Rose told the committee the incident requires measures to stop potential 'weaponization' of the Justice Department and the law enforcement activities of this country against members of Congress.
- Rep. John Rose moved to repeal the suit provision, and Congress approved that repeal in last week's funding package.
- Sen. Marsha Blackburn warned that if invasions of privacy can happen to lawmakers and the President of the United States, it can happen to all Americans, urging reform.
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Phone Carriers Face Heat After Turning Over Records Of GOP Lawmakers In Jack Smith Probe
Privacy concerns dominated a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing Tuesday as lawmakers examined how former special counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed phone records tied to Republican members of Congress during the Arctic Frost investigation.Subcommittee chair Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), whose records were among those subpoenaed, told The Daily Wire the hearing was aimed at ensuring “this never happens to an American citizen again,” arguing the pro…
Phone Company Executives Reveal Why They Complied With Jack Smith’s Secret Subpoenas
by Katelynn Richardson at CDN - Three phone company executives testified Tuesday about why they supplied Republican members of Congress’ records in response to former special counsel Jack Smith’s secret subpoenas. The companies received at least 84 subpoenas during the Arctic Frost probe that became Smith’s case against President Donald Trump, including at least 10 associated with 20 current or former … Click to read the rest HERE-> Phone Compan…
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Republican lawmakers grill telecom officials
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers Tuesday decried what they said were invasive tactics in the investigation of President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, pressing representatives from telecommunications companies about their role in providing prosecutors with phone records of…
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