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Whistleblower suit alleges Trump ordered FBI investigation on LA anti-ICE protesters
White House denies the allegations as ‘false’ and says ‘first amendment does not protect violent rioting’ US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump ordered the FBI to investigate protesters in Los Angeles who were demonstrating against the president’s immigration crackdown, according to a whist
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 2 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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