Trump administration seized data from Democrats from Apple | Abroad

According to the paper, prosecutors were trying to figure out the sources of the media, which at the time reported contacts between Trump associates and Russia. The Justice Department’s suspicions focused on Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee. Schiff is now chairman and was its leading Democrat at the time.

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The files of at least twelve people – including a minor child – who had a link with the committee were seized in 2017 and early 2018. Apple would only have handed over metadata and account information, not photos, emails or other content. Ultimately, those data and other evidence failed to show that the leak to the media came from the commission.

Apple was also given a confidentiality agreement that expired this year. As a result, the politicians couldn’t know they were being investigated until the electronics company informed them this month. The Justice Department’s investigation was later reopened during Trump’s presidency.

Schiff told Reuters news agency that the ministry informed the committee last month that the investigation was closed. “I think more answers are needed,” he says, calling for further investigation. He is supported by Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.

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