# DHS reportedly used customs summonses to seek journalists' records

_Saturday, August 29, 2026 at 2:44 PM EDT · Power, Security · Latest · Tier 1 — Major_

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The Department of Homeland Security used administrative summonses under a customs-law provision to seek records connected to journalists, media outlets, unions and nonprofits, the Guardian reported. In one case, DHS obtained six months of Georgia Fort's T-Mobile call and text logs after a judge had rejected search-warrant requests for account information. The report says DHS also served Google with a summons for YouTube-account information; Google said it did not comply with summonses for those accounts.

## Sources

- [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits)

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