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U.S. Congressman Accuses Trump Campaign of Harvesting Americans' Personal Data at 250th Events

Huffman accused the Freedom 250 team of using sign-up data for political purposes and asked the GAO to investigate.

U.S. Congressman Accuses Trump Campaign of Harvesting Americans' Personal Data at 250th Events
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This article1 analysis · Sep 28, 2026
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Rep. Jared Huffman accused the Trump Freedom 250 team of using event and merchandise sign-up data for political purposes. Huffman and Rep. Joe Morelle asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate; a Freedom 250 spokesperson denied selling or sharing the data with Trump-affiliated entities.

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Representative who accused the Freedom 250 team of misusing sign-up data and sought a federal investigation

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Representative who joined Huffman in asking the GAO to investigate

ALSO MENTIONED  Brad Parscale, Founder of the company that handled Freedom 250 event registration and former Trump campaign manager; Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen co-president who criticized the collection of attendees' personal data; Rachel Reisner, Freedom 250 spokesperson who disputed the allegation that registration data was shared with Trump-affiliated entities

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