Senate Deal Sparks Controversy Over Phone Record Suits and Funding Provisions
TL;DR
A GOP-backed bill to reopen the government includes a controversial provision allowing eight Senate Republicans to potentially earn up to $1 million each from legal challenges related to their phone records being subpoenaed during the Jan. 6 investigation, which critics like Rep. Jamie Raskin condemn as corrupt and unfairly exclusive to senators.
- Raskin blasts ‘blatantly corrupt’ Senate deal allowing suits over secret phone record subpoenas The Hill
- Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches The New York Times
- Thune secures provision in government funding bill letting senators sue for phone records seizure Politico
- Deal to end US shutdown would also allow some Republican senators to seek $500,000 for January 6 probe Reuters
- Inside the shutdown deal, from hemp rules to a Jack Smith jab USA Today
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