WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee is putting Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile in the hot seat after Chairman Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) oversight revealed the three companies secretly provided toll records for accounts associated with members of Congress to Jack Smith and the Arctic Frost investigation.
Grassley, along with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, has identified 84 Arctic Frost and Jack Smith subpoenas sent to the three companies. Ten of these subpoenas requested tolling records for 20 current or former Republican members of Congress.
Grassley is convening a suite of hearings this year as part of the Judiciary Committee’s ongoing oversight of the weaponized Arctic Frost investigation. He delivered an opening statement at the first hearing, held today by the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law and chaired by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.). Video and transcribed remarks follow.
Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee
“Arctic Frost Accountability: Oversight of Telecommunications Carriers’ Responses to Jack Smith’s Witch Hunt”
Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Thank you, Chair Blackburn, for your leadership on this matter.
Today is the first in a series of Arctic Frost hearings that I’ve authorized as Chairman.
I started the Arctic Frost investigation in July 2022 based on...
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