Trump’s DOJ Spied On CNN Reporter Barbara Starr

CNN reports:

The Trump administration secretly sought and obtained the 2017 phone and email records of a CNN correspondent, the latest instance where federal prosecutors have taken aggressive steps targeting journalists in leak investigations.

The Justice Department informed CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr, in a May 13 letter, that prosecutors had obtained her phone and email records covering two months, between June 1, 2017 to July 31, 2017.

The letter listed phone numbers for Starr’s Pentagon extension, the CNN Pentagon booth phone number and her home and cell phones, as well as Starr’s work and personal email accounts.

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Breaking: Trump administration secretly obtained @barbarastarrcnn’s
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— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) May 20, 2021