T-Mobile Moves to Speed Release of Ward’s Phone Data Under Subpoena

The U.S. District Court for Arizona intends to clarify its Oct. 7 order denying Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward’s request for an injunction to bar enforcement of the House Jan. 6 Committee’s subpoena for Ward’s phone records, said T-Mobile in its request Monday (docket 22-16473) for limited remand at the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Remand to U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa in Phoenix and her clarification are necessary to confirm that the scope of the committee’s subpoena on T-Mobile “has not been narrowed to exclude records” involving the phone numbers associated with Ward’s medical patients, said the request. Remand and clarification will “ensure that the district court record correctly reflects the active scope” of the subpoena, it said. Monday’s Supreme Court denial of Ward’s application to block enforcement of the subpoena (see 2211140039) was her fourth such setback since Sept. 22, following two denials by Humetewa and one by the 9th Circuit. Ward argued unsuccessfully each time to quash the subpoena on constitutional grounds and to protect doctor-patient privilege. The committee says its investigators need access to Ward's phone records to probe her efforts to disrupt certification of the 2020 election.