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FBI whistleblower: WH pushed unconstitutional investigation into protesters
An FBI whistleblower alleges the White House pushed the FBI to investigate demonstrators in L.A. and called it a violation of their constitutional rights. NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell details what else was in the complaint and how the White House is reacting.
What the coverage shows
Both NBC News and The Guardian US frame the story around a whistleblower complaint accusing the White House of pushing an unconstitutional FBI investigation into protesters. NBC keeps the focus on the allegation and, in one extract, adds that supervisors were told not to put things in writing, while The Guardian foregrounds Trump in its headline and is the only outlet here to mention Senator Alex Padilla and the White House denial in the extract.
Written by Crossfiled from the 4 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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