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Biden DOJ Secretly Seized Lawmaker Phone Records
Liberty Check
- The investigation demanded secrecy, with a federal judge instructing Verizon not to disclose the subpoena for a year.
- A Verizon spokesman said the company provided information to Jordan and emphasized efforts to restore trust and support notification reforms.
- The scope of surveillance extended beyond Jordan, with Sen. Chuck Grassley revealing that other Republican members of Congress also had their phone metadata analyzed by federal agencies.
The Justice Department, under President Biden, secretly subpoenaed two years of phone records from House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan as part of the “Arctic Frost” investigation targeting President Trump and his allies. Verizon was ordered to turn over records of Jordan’s calls, texts, and voicemails from January 2020 through April 2022; the content of communications was not included.
Jordan responded,
“They spied on President Trump. They spied on Senators.”
“Now, we just learned, they spied on me. If they can do it to us, they can do it to you.”
Congress is pushing for greater oversight, with the Senate adding a provision to let lawmakers sue the federal government for unauthorized record access, though the House’s repeal effort is stalled.
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