US EditionWhite House sending social media teams with FBI on some arrests in D.C.: Reuters
The White House uses social media teams to document arrests supporting President Trump's crime crackdown, with videos garnering over 2.4 million views on X, legal experts warn of constitutional issues.
- The White House sent social media teams with FBI agents executing arrest warrants in Washington, D.C., and filmed the arrest of Sean Charles Dunn, a former DOJ employee.
- This federal operation has defied Justice Department norms shielding criminal probes from political interference, following President Donald Trump’s August 11 directive to federalize D.C. police and deploy the National Guard.
- Legal experts said embedding social media teams not employed by law enforcement could infringe the Fourth Amendment during arrests, raising constitutional privacy concerns.
- Critics warn the videos could undermine prosecutions by creating pre-trial publicity, with legal experts said to caution that filming arrests may infringe constitutional privacy rights.
- Experts caution that publicity-driven arrests echo a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against in-home media presence and could erode the FBI’s credibility.
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White House sending social media teams with FBI on some arrests in D.C., sources say
The White House has dispatched social media teams alongside FBI agents executing arrest warrants in the nation's capital to generate videos that promote U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown on crime in the District of Columbia, according to two people briefed on the matter.
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