Biden DOJ subpoenaed over two years of Jim Jordan’s phone records

FIRST ON FOX: The Justice Department subpoenaed House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan’s personal phone records in 2022, seeking the Ohio Republican’s phone data spanning a period of 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, also known as toll records, dating back to Jan. 1, 2020.

The request appears to be the broadest of publicly known subpoenas targeting current and former senators and House members during Arctic Frost, the investigation that led Smith to bring election-related charges against President Donald Trump.

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Rep. Jim Jordan leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, June 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Smith did not begin working as special counsel until seven months after the subpoena was issued, meaning the request predated his time at the DOJ.

The subpoena for Jordan’s records appears to be one of the first known in the Arctic Frost investigation and was issued at a time when Jordan was the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, which oversees the Justice Department. His role at the time illustrates strong Republican criticism of the subpoenas against Arctic Frost, claiming that requests for phone records of members of Congress violated the separation of powers, including under the Speech or Debate Clause.

The toll records did not include the content of Jordan’s phone calls or messages, but did include details about when the calls and messages were sent and received and who Jordan was communicating with. The subpoena sought records for three other phone numbers, which were redacted. It included a one-year silence order signed by a D.C. magistrate judge.

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Jordan, a close Trump ally, is the latest in a series of lawmakers to recently learn that the DOJ searched their toll records in connection with the Arctic Frost. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was sought in 2023, as were the records of what Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said were at least 10 Republican senators, including Sens. Lindsey Graham, Marsha Blackburn, Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson.

Smith said his investigation into the Jan. 6 riot and the 2020 election was consistent with DOJ policies and that the subpoenas he helped send were “entirely appropriate” and narrowly tailored.

Verizon produced documents for the DOJ in response to the Jordan subpoena, a source told Fox News Digital.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham speaks during a press conference on St. Michael’s Square in the city center May 30, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

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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 on subpoenas related to lawmakers.

“As part of our investigation, we discovered new information regarding President Jordan and shared it with him as soon as possible,” said Rich Young, a Verizon spokesperson. “We are committed to restoring trust through transparency and will continue to work with Congress and the administration as they examine these issues and consider reforms to expand notification protections.”