Congress in 2004 made it illegal for a phone company to disclose a senator's phone records without notifying the senator in question. Is there any basis for a judge. To disregard unambiguous federal statutory language? Absolutely not. Judge Boasberg signed an order that says, quote, the court finds reasonable grounds to believe that such disclosure, in other words, informing the senators their phone records had been subpoenaed, will result in the destruction of or tampering with evidence, intimidation of potential witnesses in serious jeopardy to the investigation. Investigation. Is there any conceivable basis for Judge Boasberg signing that? Particularly given Jack Smith's testimony now that Judge Boasberg had no idea whose phone records he was signing off on? (01:13–01:34)
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Asserts that Judge Boasberg's order claimed disclosure would jeopardize the investigation.
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