# Max Blumenthal
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Kind: **person**

Also written as: journalist Max Blumenthal · Blumenthal · him · his

## Involved in

- [CBP seized Blumenthal’s phone devices to extract information on his sources, communications with sources, and journalist methods for conducting fieldwork and…](https://truthscore.com/claim/11d91046)
- [Blumenthal believes DHS and CBP targeted him due to his journalism, specifically his critical coverage of U.S. foreign policy and long record of exposing…](https://truthscore.com/claim/23644ea6)
- [CBP detained Blumenthal for approximately two and a half hours after he returned on July 10 from a reporting trip to Iran for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral.](https://truthscore.com/claim/32f9d744)
- [The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee filed a time-sensitive motion in the Eastern District of Virginia’s federal court on behalf of journalist Max…](https://truthscore.com/claim/4f619f2d)
- [When Blumenthal declined to provide the passcodes to his two phones because doing so could compromise his constitutional rights and confidential sources, an…](https://truthscore.com/claim/60b8465e)
- [During Blumenthal’s detention, CBP officers asked questions that closely mirrored Loomer’s post.](https://truthscore.com/claim/686302ef)
- [The filing argues that the timing, Blumenthal’s differential treatment compared with other journalists on the same reporting trip, and the overlap between…](https://truthscore.com/claim/7f0489c9)
- [CBP officers questioned Blumenthal about his journalism, who funded his travel, whether he had been paid for interviews, and whether he planned to return to…](https://truthscore.com/claim/a3494bb9)
- [The timing and content of Laura Loomer’s public statements reinforce Blumenthal’s belief that he was singled out because of his protected reporting and…](https://truthscore.com/claim/cd39082c)
- [Border-search authority cannot be used to punish disfavored journalism or expose confidential sources, and the government must return Blumenthal’s phones and…](https://truthscore.com/claim/d8fcc50d)

## Statements attributed to it

- [CBP seized Blumenthal’s phone devices to extract information on his sources, communications with sources, and journalist methods for conducting fieldwork and…](https://truthscore.com/claim/11d91046) — independent
- [Blumenthal believes DHS and CBP targeted him due to his journalism, specifically his critical coverage of U.S. foreign policy and long record of exposing…](https://truthscore.com/claim/23644ea6) — independent
- [The timing and content of Laura Loomer’s public statements reinforce Blumenthal’s belief that he was singled out because of his protected reporting and…](https://truthscore.com/claim/cd39082c) — independent