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7 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1390788710053130241

So, unless I read this wrong, some timing elements here are left out or left intentionally vague:

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1390788710053130241

* The story addresses "toll records ... from April 15, 2017 to July 31, 2017"

* ... "obtained" by the "Trump Justice Department."

* Reporters informed of this in a May 3 letter signed by current DOJ officials (ie, Biden DOJ).

When were they sought? When obtained? Unclear:

Does "it" mean they were sought in 2020? Obtained in 2020? Both?

The story also leaves unclear whether whichever of those it was (were?) happened under Barr, or after, under Rosen?

Also, regardless of the answers to those questions, it's very weird how the Post leans in hard to this being a Trump-era happening — both in the headline and the lede — when the story itself quotes Biden DOJ folks defending the move. And not good that Garland's DOJ is doing so.

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