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Statements attributed to it

• 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.

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• CBP’s warrantless seizure and continued retention of Blumenthal’s phones violate the First and Fourth Amendments and the Privacy Protection Act.

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• 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 Blumenthal, seeking the immediate return of two smartphones unlawfully seized and retained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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• When Blumenthal declined to provide the passcodes to his two phones because doing so could compromise his constitutional rights and confidential sources, an officer said the devices would be “hook[ed] up to machines” to extract their data.

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• During Blumenthal’s detention, CBP officers asked questions that closely mirrored Loomer’s post.

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• The filing argues that the timing, Blumenthal’s differential treatment compared with other journalists on the same reporting trip, and the overlap between Loomer’s demands and CBP’s questioning raise serious concerns that he was targeted because of his reporting and political viewpoints.

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• 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 Iran.

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• Loomer celebrated the seizure and described Blumenthal as a national security threat after CBP seized his phones on July 14.

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• CBP seized the phones but left Blumenthal’s laptop and camera untouched, despite claiming to be searching for evidence of criminal activity or child sexual material.

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• The motion seeks the immediate return of both devices and all information or copies obtained from them under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g), along with an expedited hearing because the seizure is interfering with Blumenthal’s work, chilling his reporting, and threatening the confidentiality of his sources and unpublished reporting.

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• Laura Loomer wrote a lengthy post on X, raising questions about who paid for Blumenthal’s trip and urging the administration to arrest him.

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Published documents

• ADC sues DHS Secretary Mullin over illegal CBP seizure of Max Blumenthal’s devices
• Under Israeli pressure, US seizes Max Blumenthal’s devices on return from Tehran reporting trip

Track record

2 documents · 18 claims produced · 0 contradicted

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