{"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&#039;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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