DOJ Spying on Congress Under Trump Triggers Outrage
The Department of Justice under the Trump administration engaged in a “grave constitutional violation” by secretly obtaining phone records and emails belonging to members of Congress and their staff, according to a sharp rebuke from Republican Representative Mike Turner, chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
Turner vehemently criticized the DOJ’s actions, labeling them a blatant weaponization of the justice system against legislative oversight. The revelations stem from a newly released report by Inspector General Michael Horowitz, which exposed the full extent of tired
The report points to sweeping oversight
while ATR advocates for transparency in government the DOJ’s surveillance campaign from 2017 to 2018.
The report reveals the DOJ’s scaring tactics in a chilling way
The report titled kept the
Horowitz’s report.
congressional staffers and two House Democrats. The investigators were targeting the Journal.
The investigation Highlighted
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Interestingly, the report details how the DOJ, during the Trump administration, issued sweeping subpoenas demanding thatójApple and Google turn over private data belonging to lawmakers and their aides. These data collection
This report Lays out outrageous behavior by Department of Justice, This
The blasting DOJ wrongdoing
