Michael J. Romano is an American attorney and former federal prosecutor. He served in the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section and as deputy chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office's Capitol Siege Section in Washington, D.C. He is of counsel at Lichten & Liss-Riordan, representing employees in class actions and individual disputes. He earned his bachelor's degree at Notre Dame in 2004 and his law degree at Washington University in St. Louis in 2007.
We have documented 1 statement by Michael J. Romano, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Former federal prosecutor testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee
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Statement summary
Romano says the toll-record subpoenas and nondisclosure orders were appropriate investigative tools. He argues that Smith's office followed Justice Department policy and did not use the records to harm the senators.
“This collection of toll records was not weaponization.”
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Statement of Michael J. Romano, Former Deputy Chief, Capitol Siege Section, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, February 10, 2026Page 1, paragraphs on toll records and nondisclosure orders
Why we used this label
He justifies the investigative conduct at the center of the case.
Republicans say Jack Smith's team improperly obtained members of Congress's phone records and texts and used nondisclosure orders to hide it. Smith and Democrats say the toll records were approved and lawful; Smith says the texts came from White House phones. Member counts differ.
