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kpete

(71,978 posts)
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 04:43 PM Feb 2021

FBI Seized Congressional Cellphone Records

“Within hours of the storming of the Capitol on January 6, the FBI began securing thousands of phone and electronic records connected to people at the scene of the rioting — including some related to members of Congress, raising potentially thorny legal questions,” The Intercept reports.

“Using special emergency powers and other measures, the FBI has collected reams of private cellphone data and communications that go beyond the videos that rioters shared widely on social media.”

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The cellphone data includes many records from the members of Congress and staff members who were at the Capitol that day to certify President Joe Biden’s election victory. The FBI is “searching cell towers and phones pinging off cell sites in the area to determine visitors to the Capitol,” a recently retired senior FBI official told The Intercept. The data is also being used to map links between suspects, which include members of Congress, they also said. (Capitol Police are reportedly investigating whether lawmakers helped rioters gain access to the Capitol as several Democrats have alleged they did, though Republican officials deny this.)

The Justice Department has publicly said that its task force includes senior public corruption officials. That involvement “indicates a focus on public officials, i.e. Capitol Police and members of Congress,” the retired FBI official said.


https://politicalwire.com/2021/02/22/fbi-seized-congressional-cellphone-records/
https://theintercept.com/2021/02/22/capitol-riot-fbi-cellphone-records/

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FBI Seized Congressional Cellphone Records (Original Post) kpete Feb 2021 OP
Hurrah ! OnDoutside Feb 2021 #1
the Q-Berts gotta be on that list demtenjeep Feb 2021 #2
+1 H2O Man Feb 2021 #10
Ruh-roh! nattyice Feb 2021 #3
And so what are they going to do with this information? efhmc Feb 2021 #4
new sherif in town kpete Feb 2021 #9
Probably investigate it until all the suspects die of natural causes. n/t Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #11
Sad but funny. efhmc Feb 2021 #13
Respectfully disagree. H2O Man Feb 2021 #15
Good reasonable comment! triron Feb 2021 #21
Marjorie Taylor Green and Lauren Boebert should have East-A-Squared Feb 2021 #5
Hawley as well. SergeStorms Feb 2021 #20
Good. In_The_Wind Feb 2021 #6
This should be very interesting . . . Iliyah Feb 2021 #7
Yes it should. nt Blue_true Feb 2021 #23
This should have been done immediately after FakeNoose Feb 2021 #8
"Within hours of the storming of the Capitol on January 6, the FBI began securing..." lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #14
Uh-oh! Bad news for Boebert, Hawley, Greene, Cruz, Clarence Thomas, Scalise, etc. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #12
Yup -- sucks to be them! Blue Owl Feb 2021 #22
Good. nt SunSeeker Feb 2021 #16
That wouldn't happen in the Trump Regime. lpbk2713 Feb 2021 #17
GOOD orangecrush Feb 2021 #18
Hello Bang Bang Barbie Botany Feb 2021 #19
I'm gonna need more popcorn... n/t bluecollar2 Feb 2021 #24

H2O Man

(73,524 posts)
15. Respectfully disagree.
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 05:02 PM
Feb 2021

Such investigations do not -- indeed, can not -- be completed quickly. But quite a few of the Trump cult have already been charged. Good investigators & prosecutors always work from the bottom up. It is unrealistic to think that anyone from Congress would have been charged this soon.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
14. "Within hours of the storming of the Capitol on January 6, the FBI began securing..."
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 05:01 PM
Feb 2021

So they did start right away.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
12. Uh-oh! Bad news for Boebert, Hawley, Greene, Cruz, Clarence Thomas, Scalise, etc.
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 05:00 PM
Feb 2021

So...maybe the Patriot Act has an up-side...

lpbk2713

(42,750 posts)
17. That wouldn't happen in the Trump Regime.
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:28 PM
Feb 2021


Anyone who suggested such a thing would be fired immediately.

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