<p>The Trump administration has utilized a legal strategy to acquire private information from journalists, non-profits, and unions, which has raised concerns regarding government power without judicial oversight. This action follows previous rejections of similar attempts by judges.</p><p>In one case, the government accessed six months of telephone records for Georgia Fort, a journalist based in Minneapolis. Fort was not informed of the request for her information and was not given an opportunity to contest the government's action, according to her lawyers in court documents.</p>
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Trump Administration Uses Legal Maneuver to Obtain Journalists' Private Information
The Trump administration has employed a legal tactic to obtain private information from journalists and organizations, prompting concerns about government overreach without judicial oversight. A specific case involved the acquisition of telephone records for journalist Georgia Fort without her knowledge.
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Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’
Trump Administration Uses Legal Maneuver to Obtain Journalists' Private Information