Trump DOJ secretly seized phone records from Washington Post reporters
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The Trump administration’s Justice Department secretly obtained phone records for three Washington Post reporters who published stories detailing discussions between Russia and members of former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, according to a report Friday.
The records included the caller and recipient of each call as well as the duration, but not what was said on the calls. The letters did not say why the records were seized. But during the three-and-a-half-month period, the three Washington Post reporters had published a story on intelligence intercepts indicating that former Attorney General Jeff Sessions had discussed details pertaining to Trump’s presidential campaign with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. "We are deeply troubled by this use of government power to seek access to the communications of journalists," Washington Post executive editor Cameron Barr said in a statement. "The Department of Justice should immediately make clear its reasons for this intrusion into the activities of reporters doing their jobs, an activity protected under the First Amendment."More Related News