Trump Administration Surveilled Left-Leaning Groups After Alex Pretti Killing
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 13
Trump Administration Surveilled Left-Leaning Groups After Alex Pretti Killing
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 13
Summary
Days after immigration agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the Trump administration launched a covert operation targeting several left-leaning groups for suspected support of "violent opportunists and agitators."
Agents monitored organizers in online meetings, libraries, parks and churches, infiltrated Signal chats, and logged names and license plates even though the groups and their members were not accused of crimes.
Subpoenas sought more than 3 years of financial records from an environmental group and a communications union, while officials also examined health care union wire transfers as part of a "domestic terrorist financing" inquiry.
No charges have been filed so far, but prosecutors presented a grand jury slide alleging the groups joined a conspiracy to impede immigration agents' work in Minnesota.