A redacted copy of a notice sent by AT&T to a private citizen describes the subpoena the company received from the U.S. House’s January 6 Committee to provide lawmakers with the individual’s phone records.
“The AT&T Global Legal Demand Center responds to subpoenas addressed to AT&T companies,” the document, which includes a copy of the subpoena, says, per Fox News. “We have received the enclosed congressional subpoena directing AT&T to disclose information about you, your account or one or more phone numbers associated with you.”
“As a courtesy, we are sending this notice to your address on file to enable you to contest the subpoena if you wish to do so,” the notice continues, adding that the company will respond to the subpoena by the 16th of December unless the customer takes legal action to challenge the subpoena.
In the document obtained by Fox News, the personal details about the individual, including his phone number, are redacted. The subpoena broadly requests that AT&T provide electronic records associated with that number.
That request encompasses all the authorized users on the account, e-mail addresses associated with it, the amount of time the customer has been with the company, all electronic serial numbers, the “activation and termination date of each device associated with the account,” “any and all number and/or account number changes” and “other subscriber numbers or identities,” including temporary IP addresses.
The subpoena also includes a demand for “all call, message, (SMS & MMS), Internet Protocol (‘IP’), and data-connection detail records associated with the phone numbers, including all phone numbers, IP addresses or devices that communicated with the phone number via delivered and undelivered inbound, outbound, and routed calls, messages, voicemails and data connections.”
According to a Republican source, subpoenas were not only sent to AT&T, but also to T-Mobile and Verizon.
The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) put out a statement on the matter. “While CTIA is not privy to the specifics of any request, wireless carriers are compelled to comply with valid subpoenas and do so every day,” the organization said.
The subpoena is signed by Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
It is currently unclear exactly whose records are currently being subpoenaed. The subpoenas follow preservation orders the committee issued in August for data pertaining to many individuals.
“The committee has moved forward with issuing subpoenas to telephone companies,” the GOP source said Wednesday. “Our understanding at this point is they have not subpoenaed member information, but they are subpoenaing telephone records of private American citizens.”
“I’m not gonna get too far ahead of what we’re releasing. But we’re gonna get — we’ll be thorough, we’ll get to the bottom,” Jan. 6 Committee member Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) told Fox News when asked about subpoenas for private citizens’ phone records Wednesday.
In July, Representatives Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) were blocked when they attempted to enter a federal facility to review the conditions of individuals arrested in connection to the January 6 demonstration at the U.S. Capitol.
Many of these individuals have been dubbed “political prisoners” in light of the evidence which suggests the FBI orchestrated, or at least helped facilitate, the riot.
Revolver News and Fox News’ Tucker Carlson have reported on documents that show a number of “unindicted co-conspirators,” likely federal agents, were heavily involved in organizing the lawless aspects of January 6:
As Carlson and revolver.com point out, it appears obvious that this is the case. For instance, one such “unindicted co-conspirator” is identified in government documents only as “Person 2.” The documents state that “Person 2” stayed in the same hotel room as a man named Thomas Caldwell who has been charged as an insurrectionist. The documents state that “Person 2” stormed the Capitol building on January 6. Caldwell was led to believe (it appears by “Person 2”) that his group storming the Capitol would be supported by a “quick reaction force” led by a man only identified in government documents as “Person 3.”
One inmate reported that a January 6 prisoner was beaten for trying to organize a Bible study group.
“Jan 6ers have been mocked, beaten and ridiculed by guards for singing the National Anthem. The Corrections Officers despise our politics and the love we have for this country. At one point, an officer even yelled “F**K AMERICA!”, and threatened to lock us down FOR A WEEK if we attempted to sing the National Anthem again,” he said.
It’s worth noting that Representative Bennie Thompson, who runs the January 6 Committee, sympathized with a radical secessionist group called the Republic of New Africa that not only killed cops but also threatened “warfare” against the United States.
Thompson is also chair of the House Homeland Security Committee.
