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FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies

posted by martyb on Tuesday July 31 2018, @11:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the just-publish-FCC-members'-real-time-location-data dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Gizmodo reports:

In a letter this May, Senator Ron Wyden called on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to recuse himself from an ongoing FCC investigation into companies gathering real-time location data on cellphones users. As an attorney six years ago, Pai represented one of the firms now central to the investigation.

The firm, Securus, a major provider of inmate call services to jails, is known to have provided location data on mobile customers to law enforcement officials without a court order. But despite his past work for Securus, Pai says he will not recuse himself.

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  • (Score: 2) by ilPapa on Wednesday August 01 2018, @04:22AM (1 child)

    by ilPapa (2366) on Wednesday August 01 2018, @04:22AM (#715527) Journal

    Let's review a sample of the actual crimes of the time: 200+ cases of accessory to murder of people in Mexico and the US, fraudulent statements about the Benghazi attacks prior to the 2012 election, illegal IRS interference in the creation of tax exempt conservative groups, and a massive security breach (and subsequent destruction of evidence) committed by a Hillary Clinton for the purpose of bypassing Obama Administration oversight and FOIA requests.

    and with all of the investigations, hearings, etc, how many indictments were there?

    And why isn't the Trump Justice Department prosecuting all these crimes? Is the fix in with Trump, too?

    Man, you gotta get off the Qanon shit. It's distorted your ability to reason beyond all repair. Tomorrow, you should step away from the computer and go outside, maybe ride your bike around a little bit. Get some fresh air. You might regain some perspective on where you lost your way.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday August 01 2018, @12:04PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 01 2018, @12:04PM (#715609) Journal

    and with all of the investigations, hearings, etc, how many indictments were there?

    Exactly.

    And why isn't the Trump Justice Department prosecuting all these crimes?

    Because they'll need protection from the next administration.