Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Washington Post reporters' phone records
Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Washington Post reporters’ phone records The action grew out of a leak investigation surrounding reporting on Russia’s role in the 2016 election. By Devlin BarrettThe Washington Post Share WASHINGTON — The Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Washington Post journalists’ phone records and tried to obtain their email records over reporting they did in the early months of the Trump administration on Russia’s role in the 2016 election, according to government letters and officials. In three separate letters dated May 3 and addressed to...