田纳西州共和党人向FCC提起投诉，运营商在特朗普调查期间遵守了杰克·史密斯的传票
作者：阿什利·奥利弗 | 福克斯新闻 | 发布时间：2026年2月9日 美国东部时间下午3:48
田纳西州共和党参议员比尔·哈格蒂（Bill Hagerty）周一向美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）正式投诉威瑞森通信公司（Verizon），因为该运营商在对唐纳德·特朗普总统和2020年大选的调查期间，向拜登政府时代的司法部移交了他的电话数据。共和党人表示，这一行为违反了宪法。
哈格蒂的律师在提交给联邦通信委员会的投诉中（福克斯新闻数字版获取的文件）指出，威瑞森应该公开承认不当行为，并处分参与遵守其电话数据传票的员工。否则，FCC应宣布威瑞森违反了联邦法律，并指派一名独立监督员监督该公司。
哈格蒂的律师写道：”FCC的这种处分将明确传达一个信息：任何公司都不能与出于政治动机的检察官勾结，侵犯客户权利。威瑞森并非凌驾于法律之上。”
杰克·史密斯在国会山就特朗普起诉问题面临公开质询
(图片说明：田纳西州共和党参议员比尔·哈格蒂周五（2025年10月3日）在华盛顿特区投票后离开国会大厦。图片来源：Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
哈格蒂的投诉详细说明了威瑞森如何根据前特别检察官杰克·史密斯团队的要求，提供了哈格蒂和其他几位共和党参议员的有限电话数据集合，作为史密斯调查特朗普总统和2020年大选的一部分。
威瑞森在秋季致参议院的一封信中为其行为辩解称，传票表面上”有效”，且仅包含电话号码。该公司表示，传票未指明订阅者身份，也未包含任何有关史密斯调查的信息。
该电话公司声称，他们没有通知参议员们收到传票，因为传票附有法院批准的禁言令。
福克斯新闻数字版已联系威瑞森发言人，就FCC投诉置评请求进行核实。
(图片说明：前特别检察官杰克·史密斯2026年1月22日在华盛顿特区雷伯恩众议院办公楼参加众议院司法委员会听证会时作证。图片来源：Al Drago/Getty Images)
共和党人普遍谴责这些传票，称其违反了宪法的言论或辩论条款，该条款为国会议员在检察事务中提供了额外的保护。
史密斯多次为传票辩护，称他是根据当时司法部的政策处理这些传票的。有关政策此后已修改，要求检察官在收到涉及国会议员的禁言令请求时必须通知法院。此前，该政策没有这一要求，导致法院批准了针对参议员的禁言令，剥夺了他们试图撤销传票的权利。
格雷厄姆威胁要在众议院支持的废除案上阻挠拨款协议，警告约翰逊：’我不会忘记这件事’
(图片说明：南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆2024年7月31日在华盛顿特区美国国会举行的新闻发布会上发言。图片来源：Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
哈格蒂向FCC提起的投诉是参议员寻求对传票申诉的最新案例。同样被史密斯调查的南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆（Lindsey Graham）支持了去年政府拨款法案中一项有争议的条款，该条款赋予参议员对司法部提起50万美元民事诉讼的权利。
由于人们认为该条款会允许参议员谋取私利，这一规定引发了激烈的内部斗争，众议院随后以426-0的投票结果予以废除。
哈格蒂提出投诉的前一天，同样被史密斯调查的田纳西州共和党参议员玛莎·布莱克本（Marsha Blackburn）将举行名为”北极霜冻问责”的参议院听证会。作证的证人包括威瑞森和美国电话电报公司（AT&T）的高管。
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Hagerty urges FCC to punish Verizon over release of Senate phone data
Tennessee Republican filed FCC complaint after carrier complied with Jack Smith’s subpoenas during Trump investigation
By Ashley Oliver
Fox News
Published February 9, 2026 3:48pm EST
Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., filed a formal complaint against Verizon on Monday after the carrier handed over his phone data to the Biden-era Department of Justice during its probe of President Donald Trump and the 2020 election – a move Republicans say violated the Constitution.
Lawyers for Hagerty wrote in the complaint to the Federal Communications Commission, reviewed by Fox News Digital, that Verizon should publicly admit wrongdoing and discipline employees who were involved in complying with a subpoena for his phone data. Otherwise, the FCC should declare that Verizon violated federal law and assign an independent monitor to watch over the company, Hagerty’s lawyers wrote.
“Such discipline by the FCC would send a clear message that companies cannot collude with politically motivated prosecutors to violate customers’ rights,” Hagerty’s lawyers wrote. “Verizon is not above the law.”
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Sen. Bill Hagerty exits the Capitol after voting, in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Tennessee Republican’s complaint detailed how Verizon complied with former special counsel Jack Smith’s team by giving the prosecutors a narrow set of Hagerty’s and several other GOP senators’ phone data as part of Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump and the 2020 election.
Verizon justified its actions in a letter to the Senate in the fall, saying the subpoenas appeared “facially valid” and only contained phone numbers. They did not identify the subscribers or include information about Smith’s investigation, Verizon said.
The phone company said it did not notify the senators about the subpoenas because they were accompanied by court-authorized gag orders.
Fox News Digital reached out to a Verizon spokesperson for comment on the FCC complaint.
Former special counsel Jack Smith testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 22, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Al Drago/Getty Images)
Republicans have widely condemned the subpoenas, saying they violated the Constitution’s speech or debate clause, which gives Congress members an added layer of protection when it comes to prosecutorial matters.
Smith has repeatedly stood by them, saying he handled them according to DOJ policy at the time. The policy in question has since been changed to require prosecutors to notify the courts if requested gag orders pertain to Congress members. Previously, it did not include that requirement, leading the courts to authorize gag orders against the senators and deprive them of the ability to try to quash the subpoenas.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2024, in Washington, D.C.(Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Hagerty’s FCC complaint is the latest instance of a senator seeking recourse for the subpoenas. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who was also targeted in Smith’s probe, supported a controversial provision in the government spending bill last year that gave senators the ability to bring $500,000 civil lawsuits against the DOJ.
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The provision caused significant infighting because of the perception that it would allow senators to enrich themselves, and the House later voted 426-0 to repeal it.
Hagerty’s complaint comes one day before Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., another of Smith’s targets, holds a Senate hearing called “Arctic Frost Accountability.” Witnesses set to testify include executives of Verizon and AT&T.
Ashley Oliver is a reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business, covering the Justice Department and legal affairs. Email story tips to ashley.oliver@fox.com.
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