福克斯新闻独家报道：一名顶级共和党参议员的通话记录在杰克·史密斯对唐纳德·特朗普总统的调查中被秘密传唤，她于周三以个人身份起诉这位前特别检察官，主张他从未被合法授权行使“北极霜”调查背后的权力。
FIRST ON FOX: A top Republican senator whose phone toll records were secretly subpoenaed during Jack Smith's investigation of President Donald Trump sued the former special counsel in his personal capacity Wednesday, arguing he was never lawfully empowered to wield the authority behind the Arctic Frost investigation.
这起诉讼名为“参议员玛莎·布莱克本诉约翰·L·史密斯”，主张该检察官缺乏担任特别检察官的合法授权，并通过获取这些记录侵犯了这位议员的权利。布莱克本请求联邦法院裁定史密斯的任命违宪，下令销毁这些记录，并判给她1美元的象征性赔偿。
The lawsuit, Senator Marsha Blackburn v. John L. Smith, argues the prosecutor lacked lawful authority to serve as special counsel and violated the lawmaker's rights by obtaining the records. Blackburn is asking a federal court to declare Smith's appointment unconstitutional, order the records destroyed and award $1 in nominal damages.
因此，此案不仅意在检验史密斯的策略，还意在检验他作为特别检察官所声称行使的权力的合法性——他是在拜登政府期间由时任司法部长梅里克·加兰任命的。
The case therefore seeks to test not only Smith’s tactics, but the legitimacy of the authority he claims to have exercised as special counsel appointed by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland during the Biden administration.
“这起诉讼完全是为了追究史密斯先生的责任，并确保我们国家的司法系统永远不会再被武器化用来对付美国人民，”田纳西州共和党人布莱克本对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。
"This lawsuit is solely about holding Mr. Smith accountable and ensuring that our nation’s justice system can never again be weaponized against the American people," Blackburn, R-Tenn., told Fox News Digital.
杰克·史密斯遭刑事移送，共和党将证词之争推向起诉方向。“通过他那场针对全美保守派、甚至针对美国总统的‘北极霜’政治迫害，杰克·史密斯犯下了我国历史上最严重的政府权力滥用行为之一，”她说。
JACK SMITH HIT WITH CRIMINAL REFERRAL AS GOP MOVES TESTIMONY FIGHT TOWARD PROSECUTION "Through his Arctic Frost witch-hunt that targeted conservatives across America and even the president of the United States, Jack Smith perpetrated one of the worst abuses of government power in our nation’s history," she said.
布莱克本的诉讼主张，史密斯缺乏担任他所声称行使的职务的合法授权，同时另行寻求让他对所谓授权被用来对付她的方式承担个人责任。
Blackburn’s suit argues that Smith lacked lawful authority to hold the office he purported to exercise, while separately seeking to impose personal liability on him for the way that purported authority was used against her.
参议员通信内容曝光，杰克·史密斯在布兰奇听证会上再成焦点。该案在史密斯国会司法委员会作证引发争议一天后，为针对他开辟了新的法律战线；在那次作证中，他承认，尽管明知禁止披露令会阻止国会议员依据宪法“演说或辩论条款”对扣押提出异议，他仍批准了对国会议员发出传票。
JACK SMITH THRUST BACK INTO SPOTLIGHT AT BLANCHE HEARING OVER EXPOSED SENATORS’ MESSAGES The case opens a new legal front against Smith one day after his contentious Senate Judiciary Committee testimony, during which he acknowledged approving subpoenas for members of Congress despite understanding that nondisclosure orders prevented them from challenging the seizures under the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause.
史密斯是一名资深检察官，最近担任特别顾问，负责监督司法部针对唐纳德·特朗普总统的调查。职业生涯早期，他曾在国际刑事法院提起诉讼，并领导司法部公共诚信处，对弗吉尼亚州共和党前州长罗伯特·F·麦克唐纳提出受贿指控；最高法院后来一致撤销了对他的定罪。
Smith is a longtime prosecutor who most recently served as special counsel overseeing the Justice Department's investigations into President Donald Trump. Earlier in his career, he prosecuted cases before the International Criminal Court and led the DOJ's Public Integrity Section, which brought bribery charges against former Virginia Republican Gov. Robert F. McDonnell in a case where the Supreme Court later unanimously vacated the conviction.
“北极霜”是联邦调查局对特朗普处理机密文件及被指企图推翻2020年大选一案展开调查时的代号。此后，时任司法部长梅里克·加兰将该调查移交给史密斯。
Arctic Frost was the codename for the FBI investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents and alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election before the probe was handed over to Smith by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland.
史密斯的团队向布莱克本和其他几名共和党人发出传票，调取他们的通话详单，她的通信数据由此被纳入调查。此举在周二举行的国会司法委员会听证会上引发愤怒，争议焦点在于未经通知获取这些记录是否违反宪法。
Blackburn and her data were swept up in the probe after Smith's team subpoenaed toll records from her and several other Republicans—a move that sparked outrage at Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing over whether obtaining the records without notification violated the Constitution.
2023年5月，史密斯办公室发出一份大陪审团传票，向威瑞森索取通话详单；与此同时，另一道禁止披露令禁止该公司通知受影响的客户（包括布莱克本），不得告知其相关信息已经移交。
In May 2023, Smith’s office issued a grand-jury subpoena seeking Verizon toll records, while a separate nondisclosure order barred the company from notifying affected customers—including Blackburn—that its information had been turned over.
诉状称，这些记录虽然未披露对话内容，但显示布莱克本与哪些人通信、何时通信以及通信时长。诉讼指控称，史密斯办公室在取得经法院批准的禁止披露令时，没有告知法官该传票所寻求的记录属于一名现任美国参议员。
While the records did not reveal the contents of conversations, they showed whom Blackburn communicated with, when and for how long, according to the complaint. The lawsuit alleges that Smith’s office obtained a court-approved nondisclosure order without informing the judge that the subpoena sought records belonging to a sitting U.S. senator.
杰克·史密斯的特朗普调查涉及了福克斯新闻及其他媒体机构的通信记录；随着调查范围的扩大，其调查行动已超出了立法机构的权限。根据参议院司法委员会的记录，史密斯的团队共向34名个人和163家企业发出了197份传票，要求他们提供与至少430名共和党人士及相关实体有关的信息。
JACK SMITH'S TRUMP PROBE SWEPT UP FOX NEWS, OTHER MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS AS INVESTIGATION WENT BEYOND LAWMAKERS More broadly, Smith’s team issued 197 subpoenas to 34 individuals and 163 businesses seeking information involving at least 430 Republican individuals and entities, according to Senate Judiciary Committee records.
周二的听证会上，参议院司法委员会主席查尔斯·格拉斯利（来自爱荷华州）严厉批评了史密斯的检察官，指责他们擅自收集福克斯新闻记者与其他媒体机构及其与特朗普政府初期相关人员之间的通信记录。
Tuesday’s hearing also began with a scathing rebuke from Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who accused Smith’s prosecutors of sweeping up communications between journalists at Fox News and other media organizations and sources connected to the first Trump administration.
史密斯则多次反驳有关“腐败”或“党派偏见”的指控，他表示：“我的调查已经获得了确凿的证据，证明特朗普总统对我们的国家犯下了严重罪行。”布莱克本的诉讼是由无党派组织“新公民自由联盟”（New Civil Liberties Alliance, NCLA）代表她提起的，这位田纳西州参议员对他们的合作表示感谢。
For his part, Smith repeatedly hit back at allegations of corrupt or partisan prosecution, saying at one point his "investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation." Blackburn's suit is being brought by the nonpartisan New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) on her behalf, and the Tennessee senator thanked the group for its partnership.
关于杰克·史密斯的电话记录调查，问题集中在威瑞森公司（Verizon）对传票的执行方式上。布莱克本的律师认为，史密斯在未经宪法或法律授权的情况下行使了特别检察官的职权。此外，该投诉书还直接将史密斯个人列为被告，指控他因发出传票及执行保密命令而侵犯了布莱克本的宪法权利和公民权利。
JACK SMITH'S SENATE PHONE RECORDS PROBE TURNS TO VERIZON'S HANDLING OF SUBPOENAS Blackburn’s attorneys argue that Smith exercised special counsel powers without lawful constitutional or statutory authorization. Separately, the complaint names Smith in his personal capacity and seeks to hold him liable for alleged violations of Blackburn’s constitutional and civil rights arising from the subpoena and nondisclosure order.
“杰克·史密斯在2022年11月被非法任命为特别检察官；司法部长梅里克·加兰德将特别检察官的广泛权力交给了一个普通公民，”NCLA在一份声明中表示（该声明已被福克斯新闻数字部门获取）。
"Jack Smith was illegally named Special Counsel in November of 2022, with Attorney General Merrick Garland handing a private citizen the sweeping powers of a special counsel," NCLA said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital.
“时任总统拜登没有提名史密斯，参议院也没有确认史密斯担任特别检察官或任何其他职位。而且没有任何法规授权对他的任命。”
"Then-President Biden did not nominate Smith, nor did the Senate confirm Smith as either Special Counsel or in any other position. And no statute authorized his appointment."
“NCLA的诉讼请求法院裁定，根据宪法任命条款，史密斯的任命是非法的，并追究史密斯以个人身份对其严重滥用权力的责任。”资深民主党人打破党派界限，杰克·史密斯间谍丑闻震动国会山。诉讼称，传票侵犯了布莱克本宪法和公民权利，且禁止披露令阻止了她根据宪法言论或辩论条款对该要求提出质疑。
"NCLA’s complaint asks the court to declare Smith’s appointment unlawful under the Constitution’s Appointments Clause and to hold Smith accountable, in his personal capacity, for his gross abuses of power." VETERAN DEM BREAKS PARTY LINE AS JACK SMITH SPYING SCANDAL GRIPS CAPITOL HILL The suit alleges the subpoena violated Blackburn’s constitutional and civil rights and that the nondisclosure order prevented her from challenging the demand under the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause.
NCLA律师L·玛格丽特·哈克在一份声明中表示：“这起诉讼不仅关乎通过违宪任命授予史密斯的虚假权力。它还关乎确保司法部——这个代表我们国家负责执行联邦法律的主体——仅在其宪法范围内行事。”
"This lawsuit is not only about the faux authority granted to Smith through an unconstitutional appointment. It is also about ensuring that the Department of Justice—the very body responsible for enforcing federal law on behalf of our nation—acts only within its constitutional bounds," NCLA counsel L. Margaret Harker said in a statement.
。诉讼寻求宣告史密斯的任命违宪、归还并销毁布莱克本的电话记录，以及1美元名义赔偿金。NCLA表示，这一有限赔偿请求反映了布莱克本所表明的目标，即就诉讼所称史密斯在行使特别检察官权力期间犯下的宪法侵权行为寻求司法问责。福克斯新闻数字频道联系了史密斯的律师寻求置评。
SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER The lawsuit seeks a declaration that Smith's appointment was unconstitutional, the return and destruction of Blackburn's phone records, and $1 in nominal damages. NCLA says the limited damages request reflects Blackburn's stated goal of obtaining judicial accountability for what the complaint alleges were constitutional violations committed while Smith exercised special counsel powers. Fox News Digital reached out to Smith's counsel for comment.