Posted on 06/11/2021 10:29:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department under former President Donald Trump seized data from the accounts of at least two members of the House Intelligence Committee in 2018 as part of an aggressive crackdown on leaks related to the Russia investigation and other national security matters, according to a committee official and two people familiar with the investigation.
Prosecutors from Trump’s Justice Department subpoenaed Apple for the data, according to the people, who were granted anonymity to discuss the secret seizures first reported by The New York Times.
The records of at least twelve people connected to the intelligence panel were eventually shared, including Chairman Adam Schiff, who was then the top Democrat on the committee. California Rep. Eric Swalwell was the second member, according to spokeswoman Natalie Edelstein. The records of aides, former aides and family members were also siezed, including one who was a minor, according to the committee official.
Apple informed the committee last month that their records had been shared, but did not give extensive detail. The committee is aware, though, that metadata from the accounts was turned over, the official said. The records do not contain any other content from the devices, like photos, messages or emails, one of the other people said. The third person said that Apple complied with the subpoena, providing the information to the Justice Department, and did not immediately notify the members of Congress or the committee about the disclosure.
While the Justice Department routinely conducts investigations of leaked information, including classified intelligence, opening such an investigation into members of Congress is extraordinarily rare.
The Trump administration’s attempt to secretly gain access to data of individual members of Congress and others connected to the panel came as the president was fuming publicly and privately over investigations
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This is all so ten years ago. Corrupt bureaucratic overreach, to the point of breaking the law, is what some Left Democrats want to make of this story, and we will see if they do or can.
Yet this is so besides the point at this point. We have a totally corrupt administration that is actively working against the interests of everyone in this country except the authoritarian oligarchs that support it. And we are supposed to worry about actions that they the Democrats themselves have committed so often to the point of absurdity, and criminality.
Obama was all about abusing his Presidential power to spy on and blackmail politicians and journalists alike. The Democrats brazenly abused their offices for worse during the Trump years. And we are supposed to be somehow outraged at Trump because he secretly, and ineffectively used their playbook? Yawn.
Idiot Schiff was running around accusing President Trump of Treason, Obstruction, Jay walking and every other thing.
And he, the schit, SWORE he had proof.
WHAT EXECUTIVE IN HIS RIGHT MIND WOULD NOT SPY ON THE NUTCASE.
If we are now going to investigate this then I want to know who on the committee is the traitor who leaked the information. It’s rich to hear Schiff complain about justice department abuse given his own role in the Russia Hoax perpetrated by the DOJ.
well, any investigation of the crooks in Congress is rare, perhaps that is what they meant. For instance, in the early 80s, when the FBI actually did investigations, they had a investigation called ABSCAM wherein they roped in dem congressmen who would take bribes. The crescendo of complaints from the den of crooks was so extreme they shut it down citing they were entrapped i.e. offered money to do certain things. Seems to me if they were honest they would not take the money, which they did. The movie American Hustle was loosely based on one of those bribe scandals.
We need to take focus off border flop, vp harris’ unlikeability, and Hunter using the n word…. What can we do? Get our propaganda news ‘reporters’ to ‘Trump’ the headlines.
Right? There were clearly leaks and I wouldnt be surprised Schiff actually leaked information so.... what did the investigation say?
Bkmk
what’s metadata? to and from ip addys? Is that the same thing the Biden admin is doing, using the post office to do it? Or something different?
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