Trump DOJ Seeks Names of Social Media Users Critical of ICE
The subpoenas seek personal data from at least two anonymous posters as lawyers argue the effort could chill protected speech.
- The Department of Justice, led by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, issued grand jury subpoenas to Reddit and X demanding names, addresses, and banking information of anonymous users who criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.
- Prosecutors initially pursued administrative summonses to bypass judicial review, but after facing legal challenges, the DOJ escalated by seeking grand jury subpoenas, which carry the weight of criminal investigations and are far more difficult to challenge.
- 'They started with an administrative summons, which does not indicate a criminal investigation, and then progressed to the grand jury subpoena, which does,' stated Lauren Regan, an attorney representing a Reddit user challenging the demand.
- Attorneys for the targeted users filed motions to quash the subpoenas in federal court, with cases now pending before U.S. District Chief Judge James Boasberg, who will decide whether to unseal the proceedings.
- Civil liberties advocates warn the effort to unmask dissenters amounts to intimidation designed to suppress protected speech, while authorities maintain that disclosing user data protects law enforcement from threats and harassment.
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The Trump administration appears to be seeking to unmask the identity of social media users who’ve been plotting attacks on federal immigration authorities. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro’s office has in recent days subpoenaed various social media companies as part of criminal investigations into two troublemakers, according to Bloomberg. Attorneys for the two anonymous troublemakers appeared to admit to Bloomberg that …
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Trump DOJ Seeks Names of Social Media Users Critical of ICE
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin The Department of Justice is pursuing the names of social media users that critisized President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdowns. U.S. Attorney and Trump ally Jeanine Pirro subpoenaed Reddit and X for the names, addresses, and bank information of at least two users who expressed opposition to ICE actions. Records from the users’ attorneys, shared with Bloomberg, show that the request is part of a crimin…
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