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Trump Administration Referred a Record Number of Leaks for Criminal Investigation
Efforts to crack down on leakers skyrocketed under Trump, according to a Justice Department document obtained via FOIA.
Efforts to crack down on leakers skyrocketed under Trump, according to a Justice Department document obtained via FOIA.
The inclusion of congressional phone data in the FBI investigation raises thorny constitutional questions.
An investigation, conducted in 2020 by an outside firm and obtained via FOIA, paints a picture of DHS’s Office of Inspector General in chaos.
The military said it had no intelligence of violent protests on January 6. But a December report identified election protesters as a threat.
The War on Immigrants
The document also contains details on anti-ICE protests and protests by “anti border-wall extremists.”