And their legal counsel said, you cannot comply because this is protected by the speech and debate clause of the U.S. constitution. And so AT&T declined to comply. Did not hand over my cell phone records. Now, one might ask, ordinarily a phone company being asked to hand over the phone records of a sitting senator would notify that senator. Well, there was a reason AT&T did not do so. (02:04–02:11)
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Asserts that AT&T did not comply with the subpoena for Ted Cruz's cell phone records.
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