All posts tagged "Georgia Fort"

The Trump administration is quietly using a little-known customs law to obtain private records on journalists and activists without a judge's sign-off, according to a new report.

The Department of Homeland Security has been leaning on a customs-import provision to demand phone logs, social media account details, and financial data with only an agency official's approval and instructions to keep requests secret, according to a Saturday report by The Guardian.

"They don't want a judge to take away this scary tool," warned Lauren Regan, the executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center. "They are getting stuff out of it."...

A longtime adversary of President Donald Trump has a plan for a key group to take away what Trump craves the most — attention.

EX-CNN journalist Jim Acosta, who was targeted by Trump during his first administration, described in an interview with MS NOW what it might take for Trump to stop attacking the media, after the arrest of independent journalists former CNN anchor Don Lemon, Georgia Fort and several others who were targeted by the Department of Justice last week.

Acosta signaled that Trump's deep concern over the fate of the midterm elections in November has fueled his latest attacks on the press. ...