Mar­sha Black­burn sues Jack Smith over her seized phone records dur­ing Arc­tic Frost inves­ti­ga­tion

Sen. Mar­sha Black­burn (R‑TN) filed a law­suit Wednes­day against for­mer spe­cial coun­sel Jack Smith over the sub­poe­na of her phone records he issued dur­ing the Arc­tic Frost inves­ti­ga­tion. Black­burn also alleged his appoint­ment was unlaw­ful.
Smith faced a grilling before the Sen­ate Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee on Tues­day over his inves­ti­ga­tion and pros­e­cu­tion of Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump for alleged­ly attempt­ing to over­turn the results of the 2020 elec­tion. The Arc­tic Frost inves­ti­ga­tion was lat­er revealed to have involved Smith’s team secret­ly obtain­ing the phone records of sev­er­al Repub­li­can law­mak­ers.

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