Apple admits helping Trump spy on Democrats

Stefan Mileschin · 15th June 2021, 07:42

Amazing what a subpoena will get you

Fruity cargo cult Apple has admitted that it helped the Trump administration Justice Department by handing over shedloads of data of House Intelligence Committee Democrats -- including Chairman Adam Schiff -- along with their staff and family members as part of a leak investigation.

Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, another Democrat on the committee, told CNN's Don Lemon that he was notified that his data had been seized as part of the probe as well. So it was not just a democratic party witch hunt Trump was carrying out.

The prosecutors, the New York Times first reported, were looking for the sources behind news stories about contacts between Russia and Trump associates. The leak hunt began with the FBI sending a subpoena to Apple in February 2018, which included a gag order, seeking metadata on more than 100 accounts as part of an investigation into the disclosure of classified information,

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15th June 2021, 07:42	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,541	Apple admits helping Trump spy on Democrats Amazing what a subpoena will get you Fruity cargo cult Apple has admitted that it helped the Trump administration Justice Department by handing over shedloads of data of House Intelligence Committee Democrats -- including Chairman Adam Schiff -- along with their staff and family members as part of a leak investigation. Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, another Democrat on the committee, told CNN's Don Lemon that he was notified that his data had been seized as part of the probe as well. So it was not just a democratic party witch hunt Trump was carrying out. The prosecutors, the New York Times first reported, were looking for the sources behind news stories about contacts between Russia and Trump associates. The leak hunt began with the FBI sending a subpoena to Apple in February 2018, which included a gag order, seeking metadata on more than 100 accounts as part of an investigation into the disclosure of classified information, https://fudzilla.com/news/53036-appl...y-on-democrats

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