Shutdown Deal Allows Senators to Sue Over Phone Record Seizures
TL;DR
A recent Senate deal to reopen the government includes a provision allowing senators whose phone records were accessed by Special Counsel Jack Smith to sue the government for damages, potentially retroactive to January 2022, raising questions about accountability and the scope of investigations into lawmakers' communications.
- Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue for Jack Smith Searches (1) Bloomberg Law News
- Thune secures provision in government funding bill letting senators sue for phone records seizure Politico
- Shutdown deal lets senators sue for $500,000 over data seizures like those in Jan. 6 probe CBS News
- Reporting From Alaska- Sullivan backs plan to pocket $500,000 as revenge for Jan. 6 phone records search Reporting From Alaska
- Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches The New York Times
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