Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has reportedly had his phone records subpoenaed as part of an investigation led by former Special Counsel Jack Smith into former President Donald Trump and the events surrounding the January 6th Capitol riot.
This development makes Cruz the ninth Republican senator whose phone records have been targeted by the investigation. Other senators whose records have been sought include Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, as disclosed in a recent Senate panel announcement.
Additionally, Representative Mike Kelly from Pennsylvania has been implicated in the investigation, codenamed “Arctic Frost.”
According to Axios, which broke the story regarding Cruz, AT&T, the telecommunications provider, did not comply with the subpoena, resulting in Cruz’s phone records not being examined as part of Smith’s inquiry into the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
Axios, which first reported on the Cruz revelations, reports that the Texas senator’s “phone records were ultimately not analyzed as part of Smith’s Jan. 6 Capitol attack investigation because AT&T did not comply with the subpoena.”
Good on AT&T.
NEW: Sen. Ted Cruz’s phone records were subpoenaed as part of then-special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into Trump
The disclosure makes Cruz the ninth known GOP senator for whom the Justice Department sought phone records
https://t.co/orXeGfk7Bv— Stef Kight (@StefWKight) October 21, 2025
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A clearly agitated Cruz called the attempts to target his phone records, as well as the communications of his colleagues, a “21st-century digital Watergate.”
That’s underselling it, if we’re being honest.
“This was intentional, targeted political spying that likely went to the very highest levels of the administration,” he wrote on X. “There should be the broadest possible investigations and accountability.”
This was intentional, targeted political spying that likely went to the very highest levels of the administration.
There should be the broadest possible investigations and accountability. https://t.co/hb2jl0OEZk
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 21, 2025
The document, reviewed by Axios, was a broad search for names and addresses, along with “detail records for inbound and outbound calls, text messages, direct connect, and voicemail messages” associated with Cruz’s cellphone between January 4th and 7th of 2021.
This is the clear weaponization of the Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Biden. And it will go without so much as a peep of acknowledgment from the “No Kings” rubes on the left.
Sen. Hawley previously responded to reports that his phone records had been sought with the appropriate level of outrage.
“Biden’s Stasi, who claimed to be saving ‘our sacred democracy,’ in fact worked overtime to destroy it – all for power,” he wrote on X. “They spied on Catholic churches, prosecuted pro-lifers, deployed the FBI against parents at school board meetings, and tried to tap the phones of their political enemies. Including mine.”
“This is an abuse of power beyond Watergate, beyond J. Edgar Hoover, one that directly strikes at the Constitution, the separation of powers, and the First Amendment.”
The truth comes out. Biden’s Stasi who claimed to be saving “our sacred democracy” in fact worked overtime to destroy it – all for power. They spied on Catholic churches, prosecuted pro-lifers, deployed the FBI against parents at school board meetings – and tried to tap the… https://t.co/d9ULjfVZWM
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) October 6, 2025
Hawley demanded prosecutions for those involved in trying to track the communications of he and his colleagues.
The House Judiciary Committee last week called on Smith to testify about what they have called “abusive surveillance.”
“As the Special Counsel, you are ultimately responsible for the prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional abuses of your office,” wrote Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH).
But, as Cruz notes, it likely goes higher than that.
Smith led two spectacularly failed investigations into Trump over election interference and classified documents, and is now being probed himself by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) for potentially violating the Hatch Act.
Editor’s Note: The Schumer Shutdown is here. Rather than put the American people first, Chuck Schumer and the radical Democrats forced a government shutdown for healthcare for illegals. They own this.
