US senator seeks telecom firms' data on lawmakers from probe of Jan 6 capitol riots

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Source: Reuters

October 10, 2025 4:39 PM EDT Updated 1 hour ago


WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn wants the CEOs of AT&T (T.N), Verizon (VZ.N) and T-Mobile (TMUS.O) to disclose whether they received or objected to subpoenas for phone data from eight U.S. senators related to a probe of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, according to letters seen by Reuters on Friday.

On Monday, Senate Republicans disclosed a 2023 document that showed the FBI obtained phone data known as "toll records" from senators' phones, including Blackburn, tied to the U.S. Justice Department's investigation of the riot. She wants the telecom companies to answer questions including whether they provided "the cell phone records of their personal devices, their official government devices, or both?"

Separately, Republican Senator Bill Hagerty -- who is among the eight lawmakers whose information was seized -- said he had written to Verizon seeking answers about the disclosure of his phone records.Verizon on Friday told Reuters it had provided the requested customer information and call records.

"Federal law requires companies like Verizon to respond to grand jury subpoenas," Verizon said. "We received a valid subpoena and a court order to keep it confidential. We weren't told why the information was requested or what the investigation was about."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-senator-seeks-telecom-firms-data-lawmakers-probe-jan-6-capitol-riots-2025-10-10/

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