Apple Is Said to Have Turned Over Data on Trump's White House Counsel in 2018

 The exposure about Donald F. McGahn II, President Donald J. Trump's White House counsel, adds to a progression of ongoing disclosures about strategies by the Trump Justice Department to covertly hold onto correspondences related data.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times 

Michael S. SchmidtCharlie Savage 

By Michael S. Schmidt and Charlie Savage 

June 13, 2021 

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department summoned Apple for data in February 2018 about a record that had a place with Donald F. McGahn II, President Donald J. Trump's White House counsel at that point, and banned the organization from enlightening him concerning it, as per two individuals advised on the matter. 

Apple told Mr. McGahn about the summon last month, said one individuals, who talked on the state of obscurity to examine the matter. Mr. McGahn's better half likewise got a comparative notification from Apple, the individual said. 

It isn't clear what F.B.I. specialists were examining, regardless of whether Mr. McGahn was their particular concentration or whether he was cleared up in a bigger net since he had spoken with somebody who was under a magnifying glass. As the top legal counselor for the 2016 Trump mission and afterward the White House counsel, Mr. McGahn was in touch with various individuals who may have drawn consideration either as a feature of the Russia examination or a later break request. 

In any case, the exposure that specialists had gathered information of a sitting White House counsel, which they kept mystery for quite a long time, is unprecedented.