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California Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu on Friday asked the House Oversight Committee to launch an investigation into President Donald Trump's use of an insecure Android smartphone. Trump's well-documented attachment to the device is, Lieu says, a threat to national security.
In the aftermath of America's Most Baffling Press Conference, let's cut to the chase: People are calling out Trump and his administration in meaningful, productive ways all across the land. Here's what went down:
Democratic members of Congress are formally asking the House Oversight Committee to look into allegations of lax security practices in the Trump Administration.
Remember the unsecured Android handset that newly minted President Trump gave up, but then apparently didn't actually give up? Things had seemingly gone silent on that front as the world took some time out to focus on the rest of the deluge of insanity that is politics in 2017.
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President Donald Trump may still beusing an unsecure Android smartphone, much to the chagrin of security professionals and at least one congressman, who is now calling for an investigation into the President's devices and cybersecurity practices.
It was revealed late last month that President Donald Trump had refused to give up his old Android phone. I pointed out at the time how the president using any non-secure phone was a bad idea, but the gravity of the situation has become apparent since then. More than a dozen members of Congress are now demanding an investigation of Trump's phone usage.
"Since the election, I've watched Donald Trump go from a candidate that made extreme statements to now a president that's making extreme statements and taking extreme actions," Lieu says. "And I concluded that he is a danger to our republic. Once I concluded that, I decided the most patriotic thing I could do is resist Donald Trump. And that's what I'm doing every day."
President Trump is still using his trusty old Android phone for early morning tweet storms — and California Congressman Ted Lieu wants to put a stop to it. That's because consumer-grade Android phones, especially if they're dated like the one that Trump is reportedly using, can easily be hacked.
On the day that President Donald Trump railed against insider leaks in a spontaneous and free-wheeling press conference, two Democratic congressmen published a guide to help federal whistleblowers get information from within the administration to the public.