Des Moines Sun

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) have asked Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen to provide more details about the FBI’s efforts to collect information on Members of Congress during the Arctic Frost investigation.

The request follows records received from the National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Inspector General that indicate employees from NARA, the FBI, Department of Justice, and United States Postal Inspection Service discussed subpoenas to these companies while working together on Arctic Frost and related investigations. The records suggest that subpoenas were served before Special Counsel Jack Smith took over Arctic Frost. However, Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen have not yet provided any subpoenas matching the time period in question.

Grassley and Johnson have also cited whistleblower disclosures showing that more than 400 Republican organizations and individuals were targeted as part of Arctic Frost. Phone records for at least 13 Members of Congress were subpoenaed, with former U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) recently identified among them.

In addition to telecommunications companies, letters were sent to Southern First Bank, Microsoft, TDS Telecommunications, as well as six web platforms and social media firms—Alphabet, Apple, Meta, Snapchat, X (formerly Twitter), and Yahoo—to determine if they too received subpoenas issued by either Jack Smith or the Department of Justice prior to Smith becoming Special Counsel.

Recent oversight activity includes a series of public statements by Grassley regarding the investigation into Arctic Frost:

"October 29, 2025: NEW: Jack Smith Subpoenaed Records for Over 400 Republican Targets As Part of Arctic Frost

October 23, 2025: Grassley Responds to Jack Smith Request for a Hearing

October 23, 2025: Grassley Reveals Garland, Monaco, Wray Gave Personal Sign-Off to Open Arctic Frost

October 14, 2025: Grassley Demands Telecommunications Companies, Federal Entities Turn Over All Records Provided to Jack Smith

October 10, 2025: Grassley and Johnson Lead Colleagues in Seeking Release of All DOJ, FBI Records Detailing Biden Administration’s Targeting of Sitting Members of Congress

October 10, 2025: ICYMI: Grassley Oversight of Arctic Frost Yields Ongoing Results and Draws National Attention

October 6, 2025: Biden FBI Spied on Eight Republican Senators as Part of Arctic Frost Investigation, Grassley Oversight Reveals

September 16, 2025: Grassley Opens Senate Judiciary FBI Oversight Hearing, Releases Additional Records Demonstrating Political Weaponization and Misconduct at Biden FBI

April 8, 2025: Grassley, Johnson Release Additional Arctic Frost Records Detailing Sweeping Anti-Trump Investigation

March 14, 2025: Grassley, Johnson Release Records Showing FBI Obtained Trump,Pence Cell Phones , Conducted Sweeping Interviews to Advance Anti-Trump Arctic Frost Investigation

February3 ,2025 :Grassley Underscores FBI Supervisor Misconduct in Trump-TargetedArcticFrostInvestigation

January30 ,2025 :Grassley Opening Statement on Kash Patel’s Nominationto be FBIDirector

January30 ,2025 :Grass ley ,Johnson Make Public WhistleblowerRecordsRevealingDOJandFBIPlottoPinTrumpinJackSmithElectorCase"

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