The New York Times is reporting that President Trump had the Department of Justice pull the phone records not only of prominent reporters, but also of Democrats in Congress, Representatives Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, along with staff and family members of those representatives, including a minor.
This is clearly a case of authoritarian overreach, using the vast and powerful resources of the government to spy on domestic political rivals.
To put this in perspective, imagine if President Biden asked the DOJ to subpoena the phone records of Senators Hawley and Cruz based on their roles in the events that led to the January 6th insurrection. Imagine if those subpoenas extended to the senators’ wives, children, and staffers.
How do you think Fox News would respond? I’ll bet that conservative commentators would be shouting their disgust and indignation from the rooftops if Mr. Biden had done such a thing.
I wonder if Fox is expressing similar outrage toward Mssrs. Trump, Barr, and Sessions, the people who authorized these actual investigations, not hypothetical examples. If Fox is not expressing outrage over the conduct of the former president, ask yourself why.
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