Biden DOJ subpoenaed more than two years of Jim Jordan’s phone records
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A FIRST ON FOX: The Justice Department subpoenaed the personal phone records of House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan in 2022, seeking the Ohio Republican’s phone data spanning more than two years.
The subpoena, obtained by Fox News Digital, shows that a federal prosecutor who later worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 investigation ordered Verizon to turn over phone data dating back to Jan. 1, 2020, also known as toll records.
The request appears to be the most sweeping so far among publicly known subpoenas targeting senators and current and former House members during the Arctic Frost investigation, which led Smith to bring election-related charges against President Donald Trump.
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Representative Jim Jordan leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the U.S. Capitol on June 4, 2025 in Washington. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Smith did not begin working as a special counsel until seven months after the subpoena was issued, meaning the request predates his time at the Justice Department.
The subpoena for Jordan’s records appears to be one of the first known in the Arctic Frost investigation and was issued while Jordan served as the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, which oversees the Justice Department.
The toll records did not include the content of Jordan’s phone calls or messages, but they did include details about when the calls and messages were sent and received and with whom Jordan was communicating. The subpoena sought and redacted records for three other phone numbers. This included a one-year speech ban signed by a D.C. magistrate judge.
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Verizon is preparing documents for the Justice Department in response to the subpoena, a source told Fox News Digital.
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Verizon said in a statement that it was coordinating with the House and Senate Judiciary committees and “working tirelessly” to gather information about subpoenas involving lawmakers.
“As part of our investigation, we uncovered new information regarding Mayor Jordan and shared it with him as soon as possible,” Verizon spokesman Rich Young said. “We are committed to restoring trust through transparency and will continue to work with Congress and the administration as we examine these issues and consider reforms that would expand reporting protections.”
