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The Trump Justice Department secretly obtained 2017 telephone and email records for a CNN reporter in yet another example of the administration s attempt to use journalists communications to pursue government leak investigations.
CNN disclosed Thursday that Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr was informed in a May 13 letter that prosecutors had obtained two months of phone and email records between June 1, 2017 and July 31, 2017.
The Justice notification, according to the network, included the reporter s Pentagon extension, her home and cell phones and her personal email accounts.
Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported that Justice obtained 2017 phone records involving three of its reporters who covered the investigation into Russia s interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The Trump administration Justice Department secretly obtained the 2017 phone records of a CNN correspondent, the network said Thursday in revealing the existence of another apparent leak investigation aimed at identifying a journalist s sources.
CNN says Trump Justice Department seized reporter phone records
The Justice Department confirmed that the records were formally sought last year, though it did not reveal anything else about the investigation. Author: Associated Press Updated: 9:03 PM EDT May 20, 2021
The Trump administration Justice Department secretly obtained the 2017 phone records of a CNN correspondent, the network said Thursday in revealing the existence of another apparent leak investigation aimed at identifying a journalist s sources.
The revelation comes two weeks after The Washington Post disclosed that the Justice Department had last year seized phone records belonging to three of its journalists who covered the Russia investigation.
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Trump Justice Department seized reporter phone records: CNN
The updated policy was a response to outrage among news organizations over Obama administration tactics seen as overly aggressive and hostile toward newsgathering.
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WASHINGTON: The Trump administration Justice Department secretly obtained the 2017 phone records of a CNN correspondent, the network said Thursday in revealing the existence of another apparent leak investigation aimed at identifying a journalist s sources.
The revelation comes two weeks after The Washington Post disclosed that the Justice Department had last year seized phone records belonging to three of its journalists who covered the Russia investigation.