Trump DOJ Secretly Obtained Phone Records of 4 New York Times Reporters |
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=50223"><span class="small">Axios</span></a> |
Thursday, 03 June 2021 08:26 |
Excerpt: "The Trump administration secretly seized the phone records of four New York Times reporters, the newspaper wrote Wednesday." ALSO SEE: Trump Justice Department Secretly Seized CNN Journalist's Phone Records Trump DOJ Secretly Obtained Phone Records of 4 New York Times Reporters03 June 21
he Trump administration secretly seized the phone records of four New York Times reporters, the newspaper wrote Wednesday. Why it matters: The disclosure comes less than a month after it was revealed that the Department of Justice under former President Trump obtained the communication records of three Washington Post journalists and one CNN reporter. Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free The big picture: The Justice Department told the Times that authorities in 2020 seized the four NYT journalists' phone records from Jan. 14 to April 30, 2017 as part of a leak investigation.
What they're saying: “Seizing the phone records of journalists profoundly undermines press freedom,” Times executive editor Dean Baquet said in a statement, according to the newspaper.
President Biden last month said he would not allow the Justice Department to seize journalists’ email or phone records, calling the practice "simply, simply wrong." |