House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to vote against requiring the government to get a warrant when using its power to spy on email, phone calls and texts, a lawmaker close to the speaker told The Washington Times.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., from right, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., applaud during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for surviving members of a top-secret WWII unit, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 21, 2024. …plans to vote against requiring the government to get a warrant when using its power to spy on email, phone calls and texts, a lawmaker close to the speaker told The Washington Times.
While the legislation has several changes to how the FBI and intelligence community use that power, it does not include a warrant requirement, an element the FBI did not want in the bill.
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