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Watchdog faults DOJ in Trump’s first term for secretly obtaining records of lawmakers and journalists

During leak investigations, Trump's DOJ obtained phone and email records of two House Democrats and dozens of congressional staffers.

UPI News on MSN · 2d

Watchdog report: Trump DOJ secretly gathered phone, text records of congressional staffers

The Justice Department under the Trump administration in 2017 and 2018 secretly collected phone and text message logs from 43 Congressional staffers and two members of Congress during an investigation

NBC News · 2d

Watchdog report reveals Trump’s DOJ obtained phone records of dozens of congressional staffers

A DOJ inspector general report reveals new details on the scope the Trump administration’s efforts to obtain communication records of members of Congress, their staff and reporters. NBC News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent Ken Dilanian reports.

Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6 riot

YAHOO!News · 20h

FBI missed 'basic step' gathering intel in the lead-up to Jan. 6, DOJ watchdog finds

The FBI failed to take the "basic step" of canvassing its field offices for intelligence ahead of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a Justice Department's inspector general report found.

The Washington Post · 22h

Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6 riot, but no undercover agents were present

The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot even though the bureau did prepare for the possibility of violence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a watchdog report

Reuters · 19h

FBI did not send undercover operatives to join Jan. 6 attack, watchdog says

A U.S. Justice Department watchdog report released on Thursday debunked claims by far-right conspiracy theorists who falsely alleged that FBI operatives were secretly involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.

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Watchdog admonishes DOJ for subpoenaing private records of congressional aides and reporters

An inspector general raised concerns Tuesday about the Department of Justice seizing phone and email records of congressional ...

No undercover FBI agents were at the January 6 US Capitol riot, watchdog reports

A Justice Department watchdog found that there were no undercover FBI employees at the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, ...

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FBI didn’t deploy undercover agents on Jan. 6, watchdog report finds, undercutting conspiracy theories

The DOJ inspector general also said the FBI should have done more to canvass its sources in advance of Jan. 6 to try to understand the potential for violence.

DOJ admonished for subpoenaing records of aides and reporters, including Patel

An inspector general raised concerns about the DOJ seizing phone and email records of congressional aides and reporters in ...

Watchdog raises concerns over Trump-era leak probes of reporters, members of Congress

A top government watchdog raised concerns over the handling of leak investigations during the first Trump administration that ...

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