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Trump won't back FISA renewal without his SAVE America Act voting bill
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President Trump is demanding Congress attach his sweeping voting overhaul to legislation renewing a key U.S. surveillance authority.
Key facts
- In a Truth Social posts Sunday, Trump tied renewal of Section 702 to the SAVE America Act, his stalled bill requiring proof of citizenship to register and photo ID to cast a ballot
- Section 702 lapsed Friday for the first time since the program began in 2008
- Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is among the government's most contested surveillance authorities, long opposed by privacy advocates and supported by security hawks
- President Trump is demanding Congress attach his sweeping voting overhaul to legislation renewing a key U.S. surveillance authority
Summary
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is among the government's most contested surveillance authorities, long opposed by privacy advocates and supported by security hawks. In a Truth Social posts Sunday, Trump tied renewal of Section 702 to the SAVE America Act, his stalled bill requiring proof of citizenship to register and photo ID to cast a ballot. "I'm against FISA if it doesn't come with The Save America Act (Full version!) firmly attached to it," Trump wrote in one post. He also defended his controversial pick of Bill Pulte, a MAGA enforcer and housing regulator with no national security experience, as acting director of national intelligence.