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Jack Smith's Senate phone records probe turns to Verizon's handling of subpoenas

Sen. Chuck Grassley and 15 senators demand Verizon explain why it failed to disclose Jack Smith's Arctic Frost subpoena for congressional phone records.

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Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., strongly condemns former Special Counsel Jack Smith for allegedly illegally obtaining text messages from 44 members of Congress.

Blackburn accuses Smith of breaking the law and abusing power, citing past denials by Smith regarding phone record acquisition.

She demands a thorough investigation into the 'Arctic Frost' probe, highlighting concerns over privacy and due process.

EXCLUSIVE: The Senate investigation into former Special Counsel Jack Smith's "Arctic Frost" probe is widening, as Republican lawmakers question Verizon’s handling of subpoenas for senators’ phone records after the telecom giant failed to disclose one during an earlier congressional records search.

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B 10/100 risk

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Report confidence: 86%
Content format: opinion
Evidence findings: 2
Sentences checked: 39
Method: origin-framing-v2

Outlet context is separate right (+65, 60% confidence). This profile does not change the article grade.

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+5 · 82% confidence

The dispute centers less on Verizon's compliance with the subpoena than on what the company knew afterward, whether it should have notified Congress and why it failed to disclose the subpoena during an earlier records search.

The wording urges a conclusion or action rather than only describing the reported facts. Its weight is reduced because this article is identified as opinion.

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+5 · 82% confidence

Smith’s investigation has faced increased scrutiny in recent months, and now Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa — whose records were among those obtained — and a slew of his colleagues want to know what Verizon knew, when it knew it and whether the company should have notified affected members of Congress after turning over their phone records to Smith's team.

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"As part of our investigation, we need to fully understand what Verizon knew about Smith’s subpoenas, when they became aware members were impacted and why the company didn’t inform members like they were supposed to," he said.
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Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., strongly condemns former Special Counsel Jack Smith for allegedly illegally obtaining text messages from 44 members of Congress.

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