Senators question Trump admin's alleged attempt to unmask Twitter account

Several Sens pressed the Trump Administration for details after reports that US officials tried to get Twitter to unmask an anonymous account that published tweets critical of President Donald Trump. “I am gravely alarmed by the summons that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) transmitted to Twitter on March 14, 2017, regarding the Twitter account @ALT_USCIS," Sen Ron Wyden (D-OR) wrote in a letter to federal officials. "Not only was the summons blatantly inconsistent with the cited investigatory authority … it appeared to be a distributing threat to free speech and whistleblower protections,” he added.

Sens Mike Lee (R-UT) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) sent a separate letter to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly inquiring about the administration’s alleged attempts to gain information on the anonymous Twitter.