Verizon must face FCC probe for turning over GOP lawmaker phone records – Hagerty | 9 Feb 2026 | Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) is demanding that the Federal Communications Commission probe Verizon for allegedly breaking federal law by sharing his and other Republicans’ call logs with former special counsel [and Grade “A” sociopath] Jack Smith. Hagerty filed a consumer complaint against the carrier on Monday and urged FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and the chief of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Eduard Bartholme to “hold Verizon accountable.” Verizon reps have previously pointed to a court order compelling the disclosures. The FBI began compiling the phone records during its Arctic Frost investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Last year, whistleblower disclosures to Congress revealed that around a dozen lawmakers had their phone metadata seized following secret subpoenas from Smith’s office in 2023 after the special prosecutor took over the Arctic Frost probe.