Republicans want telecom companies to preserve phone records of Kamala Harris, Pelosi, AOC, and other Democrats after January 6 committee requested theirs
By: mkeith@insider.com (Morgan Keith) 8 hrs ago (MSN)
Democrats seem to never think about consequences.
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© Provided by Business Insider In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol is asking social media and telecommunications companies to preserve phone or computer records for hundreds of people who were potentially involved with planning to "challenge, delay or interfere" with the certification of President Joe Biden's victory. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File
- The January 6 select committee announced two weeks ago it will seek electronic records from "several hundred people," including members of Congress.
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., claimed any company that hands over records to the committee will be "shut down."
- Several companies received letters from House Republicans asking to preserve Democrats' records, including Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft.
Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona and several House Republicans sent letters on Tuesday to 14 telecommunications companies asking them to preserve the phone records and data of 16 Democrats so that "future Congresses can investigate alleged infractions," Fox Business reported.
The letters were sent two weeks after the January 6 select committee announced it will seek electronic communication records from "several hundred people," including members of Congress, for its investigation into the Capitol riot.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene decried the move on the August 31 episode of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," threatening any company that handed over records to the committee would be "shut down."
Republican representatives echoed this sentiment in their subsequent letters, one of which was written to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and tweeted by Rep. Paul Gosar: "The US Constitution and the US Supreme Court precedent prevents committees from obtaining these records and prohibits you from providing them. Simply put, neither the committee nor you have the legal authority to provide those records."
Legal experts told The Washington Post that there isn't a specific law stopping these companies from handing over information to the committee.
-Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) September 8, 2021
Several other companies also received letters, including Amazon, AOL, Apple, AT&T, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Snap, Inc., T-Mobile, US Cellular, Verizon, Signal, and Telegram.
If the companies decide to turn over records to the January 6 select committee, the letters asked that they also preserve the records of several Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rep. Eric Swalwell, Fox Business reported.
Republican Reps. Jody Hice, Matt Gaetz, Scott Perry, Louie Gohmert, and Madison Cawthorn joined Biggs, Greene, and Gosar in signing the letter to Dorsey.
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And turnabout is what again? LMAO
Fair play!
The people tire of these frivolous investigations by the Democrats.
Remember when Apple refused to turn over encryption information to the FBI? It was a serious case and then it was viewed as a matter of ethics!
"We have always maintained there is no such thing as a backdoor just for the good guys. Backdoors can also be exploited by those who threaten our national security and the data security of our customers. Today, law enforcement has access to more data than ever before in history, so Americans do not have to choose between weakening encryption and solving investigations. We feel strongly encryption is vital to protecting our country and our users' data." ....Apple spokesperson
Now we'll hear the double standard used by the usual spinmasters.
This is nothing more than another fishing expedition by the Democrats. Jan 6th isn't giving them the type of traction they want; so they are going to go over their political opponents' phone records hoping to find anything incriminating. If it isn't connected to Jan 6th; they will leak it to their overly eager sycophants in the media for mass distribution.
Unfortunately for them nothing they find will ever diminish the human fuck up machine the left put in the White House.
Objection! Counsel is off on another one of his well-known fishing expeditions!
Jan 6th isn't giving them the type of traction they want; so they are going to go over their political opponents' phone records hoping to find anything incriminating. If it isn't connected to Jan 6th; they will leak it to their overly eager sycophants in the media for mass distribution.
Correct on all counts!
Unfortunately for them nothing they find will ever diminish the human fuck up machine the left put in the White House.
That's the rub!
Is it any wonder that the once Grand Old Party of Abraham Lincoln is now known merely as the gop?
Let them shut down the tele-coms. That would last about 30 min. Then you would see senators, house members and 99% of the good ol' USA screaming that somebody screwed-up! Talk about revolution.
Did they add this as a P.S. to the threatening letter they sent them warning them not to do what they ended up asking them to do? Very confusing.