{"id":533196,"date":"2021-05-21T11:05:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T15:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=533196"},"modified":"2021-05-21T11:05:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T15:05:47","slug":"trump-doj-secretly-obtained-calls-emails-from-cnn-reporter-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-doj-secretly-obtained-calls-emails-from-cnn-reporter-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump DOJ Secretly Obtained Calls, Emails From CNN Reporter: REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-doj-secretly-obtained-calls-emails-from-cnn-reporter-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=533196&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"46.173361522199\">\n<p>The Trump administration covertly obtained the phone and email records of a CNN reporter, the outlet reported Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department told Barbara Starr, who covers the Pentagon for CNN, this month that prosecutors in the former administration obtained her phone and email records from June 1 to July 31, 2017. The records reportedly included both personal and professional email accounts, her home and cell phone numbers and her CNN and Pentagon numbers, the outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/20\/politics\/trump-secretly-obtained-cnn-reporter-records\/index.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It remained unclear as to when the effort to obtain the records began and why the DOJ sought them, CNN added.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Trump\u2019s DOJ was revealed to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/trump-justice-dept-seized-post-reporters-phone-records\/2021\/05\/07\/933cdfc6-af5b-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">covertly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/trump-justice-dept-seized-post-reporters-phone-records\/2021\/05\/07\/933cdfc6-af5b-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">obtained<\/a> the personal records of American journalists. It did the same to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/trump-justice-dept-seized-post-reporters-phone-records\/2021\/05\/07\/933cdfc6-af5b-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three Washington Post reporters<\/a> covering the FBI\u2019s Russia investigation in 2017, and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/06\/07\/nyt-reporter-records-seized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">obtained phone and email information<\/a> from a reporter for Buzzfeed, Politico and The New York Times who had covered Russia as well. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/18\/trump-doj-twitter-subpoena-twitter-parody-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump DOJ Subpoenaed Twitter Account That Criticized Devin Nunes)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7074428\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7074428\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7074428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1151034724-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 22: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with Attorney General William Barr before presenting the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House May 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Comparable to the military's Medal of Honor, the Medal of Valor was established in 2000 by President Bill Clinton. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1151034724-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1151034724-177x120.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1151034724-620x421-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1151034724-768x521-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1151034724-1536x1042-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1151034724-2048x1389-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7074428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr in May 2019 (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cCNN strongly condemns the secret collection of any aspect of a journalist\u2019s correspondence, which is clearly protected by the First Amendment,\u201d said CNN President Jeff Zucker. \u201cWe are asking for an immediate meeting with the Justice Department for an explanation.\u201d&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/08\/04\/sessions-doj-might-go-after-press-for-national-security-leaks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Sessions: DOJ May Go After Press For National Security Leaks)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat a journalist from another news organization had communications records seized by the Trump Justice Department suggests that the last administration\u2019s efforts to intrude into reporter-source relationships and chill newsgathering is more sweeping than we originally thought,\u201d Bruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcfp.org\/doj-subpoenas-cnn-journalist\/\">statement<\/a> Thursday. \u201cThe Justice Department\u2019s current leadership should provide a detailed explanation about what exactly happened and why, and how it plans to strengthen protections for the free flow of information to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration covertly obtained the phone and email records of a CNN reporter, the outlet reported Thursday. 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