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Democrats demand Barr, Sessions testify on Apple data subpoenas

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The top two Senate Democrats on Friday called for multiple investigations into the Department of Justice's (DOJ) decision to issue subpoenas seeking metadata records of House Intelligence Committee members as the Trump administration pursued leak investigations.

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Yahoo News

Schumer demands Barr and Sessions testify over DOJ’s targeting of House Democrats

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called on former Attorneys General Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions Friday to testify over the Trump Justice Department's secret subpoenas for data belonging to House Democrats.Driving the news: At least a dozen people linked to the House Intelligence Committee had records seized between 2017 and early 2018, as part of the Justice Department's crackdown o…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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abc News

DOJ seeks internal probe on seizure of Democrats' data

The Justice Department has asked for an internal investigation after revelations that former President Donald Trump’s administration seized phone data from House Democrats in 2018 as part of a leaks investigation

3 years ago·United States

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CBS Local

Democrats Demand Former Attorneys General Barr, Session Testify About Trump Administration Data Seizure

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leaders are demanding that Trump-era Attorneys General Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions testify about the secret seizure of data from House Democrats in 2018, calling it “shocking” and a “gross abuse of power.”Meanwhile, the U.S. Justice Department has asked for an internal investigation after revelations that former President Donald Trump’s administration seized the phone data as part of an aggressive leaks invest…

3 years ago·United States

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Irish Independent

Senate demands Trump era law chiefs give evidence about data seizure

Senate Democratic leaders are demanding that Trump era attorneys general Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions give evidence about the secret seizure of data from House Democrats in 2018, calling it “shocking” and a “gross abuse of power”.

3 years ago·Ireland

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The Hill

Democrats demand Barr, Sessions testify on Apple data subpoenas

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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National Post

Outraged Democrats demand Trump officials testify on reported records seizure

WASHINGTON -- Top Senate Democrats on Friday demanded two former U.S. attorneys general testify about reported subpoenas of records of members of Congress by former President Donald Trump's Justice Department, while a White House official criticized the actions as "appalling." Read More

3 years ago·Canada

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