Lindsey Graham announces plan to sue DOJ and Verizon for "far more than" $500,000

Sen. Lindsey Graham publicly announced on November 19, 2025 that he plans to sue the Department of Justice and Verizon over the September 2023 subpoena of his phone call records, saying it "bothers the hell out of me" and that he would sue for "far more than" the $500,000 statutory cap in the Arctic Frost provision. Graham also used a unanimous consent objection to block the Senate from considering the House-passed repeal of the provision. Critics noted Graham had co-authored multiple expansions of federal surveillance authority over the previous two decades.