The FBI sought and obtained both subpoenas and orders prohibiting the subpoenaed parties—Apple and Google—from disclosing the existence of the subpoenas in the bureau’s investigation into a diary from Ashley Biden, President Joe Biden’s daughter, according to newly released documents.
The court filings show the FBI was seeking “evidence of communications regarding or in furtherance of the subject offenses, such as communications regarding Ashley Biden … and/or Ashley Biden’s associated regarding her stolen property.”
The bureau also was working to find evidence showing “the location of Ashley Biden’s property.”
Similar subpoenas were approved by magistrate judges for Project Veritas email accounts managed on Microsoft servers. Judges also approved non-disclosure orders (NDOs), finding that not entering the orders would “seriously jeopardize the investigation.”
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