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Shea-Porter on Reports of the DOJ Collecting Phone Records from the AP

Press Release

Date: May 14, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Taxes

Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter issued the following statement regarding reports that the U.S. Department of Justice secretly obtained telephone records of reporters and editors at the Associated Press:

"I am deeply troubled by these reports. Violations of the First Amendment cannot be tolerated. The Department of Justice needs to explain its actions to the American people."


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