FBI Seized Congressional Cellphone Records Related to Capitol Attacks

By artappraiser on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 5:36pm |

Within hours of the storming of the Capitol on January 6, the FBI began securing thousands of phone and electronic records connected to people at the scene of the rioting — including some related to members of Congress. https://t.co/Y7bfZUbEBm
— The Intercept (@theintercept) February 22, 2021

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https://theintercept.com/2021/02/22/capitol-riot-fbi-cellphone-records/

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The collection effort has been met with little resistance from telecom providers asked to turn over voluminous data on the activity that day.

“No one wants to be on the wrong side of the insurrection,” a source involved in the collection effort said.
— The Intercept (@theintercept) February 22, 2021

The FBI is “searching cell towers and phones pinging off cell sites in the area to determine visitors to the Capitol,” a recently retired senior FBI official told The Intercept.

The data is also being used to map links between suspects, which include members of Congress.
— The Intercept (@theintercept) February 22, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 5:39pm

^ note: suspects, which include members of Congress.

by artappraiser on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 5:42pm

FBI Seized Congressional Cellphone Records Related to Capitol Attacks

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