{"id":2506678,"date":"2025-11-04T18:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T23:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/verizon-to-change-its-policies-after-arctic-frost-spying-revelations\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T18:57:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T23:57:29","slug":"verizon-to-change-its-policies-after-arctic-frost-spying-revelations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/verizon-to-change-its-policies-after-arctic-frost-spying-revelations\/","title":{"rendered":"Verizon to change its policies after Arctic Frost spying revelations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fverizon-to-change-its-policies-after-arctic-frost-spying-revelations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2506678&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Verizon announced it will change it&#8217;s policies to implement stricter safeguards and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >require senior-level approval<\/a> before complying with subpoenas targeting members of Congress. This decision follows revelations that verizon had previously handed over call records of Republican lawmakers to the Justice Department during the Arctic Frost examination,which underpinned federal charges against former President Donald Trump. The subpoenas, issued under former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">special counsel<\/a> Jack Smith and the Biden administration, were accompanied by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michigan-house-member-files-to-impeach-governor-gretchen-whitmer\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Michigan House Member Files to Impeach Governor Gretchen Whitmer\">court orders<\/a> that prevented Verizon from disclosing their existence. <\/p>\n<p>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has launched a separate investigation into how Verizon and AT&#038;T handled these subpoenas and the nondisclosure orders. republican lawmakers have raised serious concerns about potential violations of constitutional protections, including the Speech or Debate Clause. the Arctic frost operation, initiated in 2022 under Attorney General Merrick Garland, involved nearly 200 subpoenas affecting over 400 Republican-linked individuals and organizations.<\/p>\n<p>AT&#038;T resisted some subpoenas involving lawmakers, but Verizon complied with requests related to 12 congressional phone numbers.A federal judge, james Boasberg, approved gag orders preventing notification to the targeted lawmakers. This led Rep. brandon gill to introduce articles of impeachment against boasberg, accusing him of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-slam-colorado-supreme-court-for-keeping-trump-off-ballot\/\" title=\"Republicans criticize Colorado Supreme Court for excluding Trump from ballot\">abusing judicial power<\/a> to conceal surveillance of sitting senators. However, such impeachment efforts are largely seen as symbolic due to the high threshold required to remove federal judges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Verizon to change its policies after Arctic Frost spying revelations<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2389031\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/verizon\/\">Verizon<\/a> said Tuesday that it will implement new safeguards to ensure top-level review before complying with subpoenas that target members of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a> after acknowledging it had secretly provided the call records of Republican lawmakers to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\">Justice Department<\/a> as part of the sprawling <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3866920\/fbi-arctic-frost-investigation-targeted-160-republican-operatives-lawmakers-search-election-crimes\/\">Arctic Frost<\/a> investigation that served as the foundation for the federal indictment of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In 2023 Verizon was ordered to turn over call records for certain members of Congress to the Department of Justice. The Special Counsel and DOJ at the time decided who to target,&rdquo; Verizon spokesman Kevin Israel told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, referring to former special counsel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jack-smith\">Jack Smith<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\">Biden administration<\/a>. &ldquo;A court ordered Verizon not to tell anyone about that. We had no choice but to comply with the court order. So we did.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3875165\/senate-democrats-unity-frays-shutdown-off-ramp\/\">Senate Democrats&rsquo; unity frays as centrists weigh shutdown off-ramp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3874919\/sydney-sweeney-breaks-silence-american-eagle-ad-controversy\/\">Sydney Sweeney breaks silence on American Eagle ad controversy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3874980\/jack-ciattarelli-republican-momentum-once-blue-passaic-county-new-jersey\/\">Ciattarelli bid tests Republican momentum in once-blue Passaic County<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This June 4, 2014, photo shows signage at a Verizon Wireless retail store at Downtown Crossing in Boston. (AP Photo\/Charles Krupa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The announcement from the telecommunications giant came as House Judiciary Committee Chairman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jim-jordan\/page\/9\/\">Jim Jordan<\/a>&nbsp;(R-OH) on Tuesday launched a separate investigation into how Verizon and AT&amp;T responded to the Arctic Frost subpoenas and the court-ordered nondisclosures that prevented Congress from learning about them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NEWS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NEWS<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jim_Jordan<\/a> launches probe into <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ATT<\/a> &amp; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Verizon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Verizon<\/a>&rsquo;s responses to Jack Smith&rsquo;s partisan investigation. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tPqg38wfE6\">pic.twitter.com\/tPqg38wfE6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; House Judiciary GOP &#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127480; (@JudiciaryGOP) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1985788582137622655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re now actively working with Chairman Jordan and relevant <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a> committees on implementing a rigorous new protocol for subpoenas involving congressional members, requiring escalation to a senior Verizon leader prior to us taking any action,&rdquo; Israel said.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan wrote letters to both companies stating that the committee is requesting documents and communications related to their respective handling of the records sought by Smith, who inherited the investigation&rsquo;s findings and ultimately used them to bolster his cases against Trump regarding Jan. 6 and the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Recently released internal DOJ documents indicate that former Special Counsel Jack Smith compelled the production of phone records belonging to several <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congressional-republicans\/\">Republican Members of Congress<\/a> and simultaneously sought a gag order to prevent your company from disclosing the DOJ&rsquo;s subpoenas,&rdquo; Jordan wrote to the companies. He warned that the findings raise &ldquo;serious concerns about potential statutory and constitutional violations, including violations of the Speech or Debate Clause.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Arctic Frost operation began in 2022 during the Biden administration, under the direction of Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/merrick-garland\/\">Merrick Garland<\/a>, and served as a conduit that fed into Smith&rsquo;s later prosecution of Trump. Records revealed by whistleblower documents last week showed that investigators issued nearly 200 subpoenas touching more than 400 Republican-linked individuals and organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan&rsquo;s request follows disclosures from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-grassley\/\">Chuck Grassley<\/a>&nbsp;(R-IA), who last week released subpoenas and court orders showing Smith obtained toll data &mdash; which include call times and durations, not content &mdash; for several Republican senators and Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-kelly\/\">Mike Kelly<\/a> (R-PA) in 2023, related to their phone use from around Jan. 4 through Jan. 7, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/att\/\">AT&amp;T<\/a> confirmed to Grassley that it resisted a similar subpoena involving two lawmakers, prompting prosecutors to abandon the request. Verizon, however, complied with Smith&rsquo;s subpoenas for 12 phone numbers associated with congressional offices, according to earlier correspondence.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Judge James Boasberg, a D.C. federal judge, approved orders preventing both carriers from notifying the lawmakers. On Tuesday, Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rep-brandon-gill\/\">Brandon Gill<\/a> (R-TX) introduced articles of impeachment against Boasberg related to his role in imposing the order.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Judge Boasberg abused his power by weaponizing the judiciary against critics of the Biden Administration,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepBrandonGill\/status\/1985794483351585000\">Gill wrote in a post on X<\/a>. &ldquo;As part of the Arctic Frost Investigation, Boasberg signed off on frivolous nondisclosure orders to conceal the fact that sitting U.S. Senators were being surveilled. Not only was this action egregiously improper; it was a gross violation of the separation of powers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3868459\/bidens-watergate-jack-smith-sought-197-subpoenas-in-arctic-frost-investigation\/\">&lsquo;BIDEN&rsquo;S WATERGATE&rsquo;: JACK SMITH SOUGHT 197 SUBPOENAS IN ARCTIC FROST INVESTIGATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Republicans have been critical of Boasberg for other matters related to his handling of cases in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\">Washington<\/a>, including a March order that temporarily paused Trump&rsquo;s migrant deportation flights to El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p>Any impeachment effort against the judge is likely to remain a symbolic gesture, however, as it takes a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate to convict and remove judges from office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verizon to tighten subpoena reviews after Arctic Frost leak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2506679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP23361566741688.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[64902,38399,66496,4311],"class_list":["post-2506678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arctic-frost","tag-policy-change","tag-spying-revelations","tag-verizon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP23361566741688.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506678"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506682,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506678\/revisions\/2506682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2506679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}