Did Trump know about unlawful, private surveillance program targeting Democratic lawmakers? Leaked memo says 'yes'

A new whistleblower promises to reveal a coordinated private effort to use facial recognition to track Congressional behavior, says Trump knew.

A leaked memo from one of Washington’s most respected whistleblower lawyers to Congressional leadership overseeing the US intelligence community reveals a plot to use advanced technology to conduct an “unlawful private intelligence operation within the United States” with the knowledge of the former President.

Lawyer Dan P. Meyer drafted the memo (embedded below) alleging wrongdoing by a whistleblower he represents and indicated the information he has relates to election interference campaigns from 2020 through the present.

He shared it with Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-MI), as well as Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), requesting time for his client to brief a Congressional committee.

Meyer’s last job in the federal government was as the Executive Director for Intelligence Community Whistleblowing and Source Protection from 2013 to 2017, after a career spanning decades of service in the Navy and later as an Inspector General within the Department of Defense.

In dry prose, the DC lawyer reveals his client is aware of a plot to surveil members of Congress.

He says his client has information revealing the targets of the program include Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA). He wrote:

The private surveillance program was run by former or retired employees of the United States Intelligence Community. The third party in contact with our client indicated former President Donald Trump was knowledgeable of the private surveillance program.

A source familiar with the matter told The Stern Facts on the condition of anonymity that Meyer’s client previously testified on Capitol Hill to the Senate Finance Committee about tax matters.

Without revealing the specific aims of the illegal surveillance operations, the memo states it intends to continue efforts related to the Trump campaign’s 2020 election manipulation operations, using “working partnerships” with intelligence officers.

Additionally, the former DOD official states his client has information related to former Trump advisors Rudy Giuliani, Roger Stone and the imprisoned Steve Bannon who “used manipulated data regarding Hunter Biden’s laptop to affect public affairs.”

Here’s a copy of the memo:

Correction: Attorney Dan C. Meyer was previously identified as Daniel.