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Steve Bannon is being served a civil subpoena by the FTC over Cambridge Analytica.
Federal agency tries to serve Steve Bannon a subpoena
The former Trump campaign CEO is part of a probe into "deceptive or unfair" use of Facebook data by the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.
The Federal Trade Commission unsuccessfully tried to serve a civil subpoena Wednesday on Steve Bannon, the former Trump campaign CEO and chief White House strategist, over his role in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal that recently resulted in a $5 billion fine for Facebook.
The commission is examining whether Bannon, a founder and former board member of the political consulting firm, engaged in “deceptive or unfair" use of data gleaned from Facebook, according to an investigative document reviewed by POLITICO.
In a scene witnessed by a POLITICO reporter, a process server hired by the FTC knocked on the door of the so-called Breitbart Embassy, a Capitol Hill townhouse where Bannon was due to host a $1,000-a-ticket fundraiser Wednesday for the Senate campaign of former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. But the server, who was wearing a Washington Nationals baseball cap and holding a package to make it look like an ordinary delivery, said he was turned away.
“One of his minions, I believe, went back and either called him or spoke to him and said, ‘There’s nothing we can do about it, bro,‘” said the server, who would only give his name as Mike.
More: https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2019/09/25/steve-bannon-ftc-subpoena-cambridge-analytica-001022?__twitter_impression=true
The former Trump campaign CEO is part of a probe into "deceptive or unfair" use of Facebook data by the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.
The Federal Trade Commission unsuccessfully tried to serve a civil subpoena Wednesday on Steve Bannon, the former Trump campaign CEO and chief White House strategist, over his role in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal that recently resulted in a $5 billion fine for Facebook.
The commission is examining whether Bannon, a founder and former board member of the political consulting firm, engaged in “deceptive or unfair" use of data gleaned from Facebook, according to an investigative document reviewed by POLITICO.
In a scene witnessed by a POLITICO reporter, a process server hired by the FTC knocked on the door of the so-called Breitbart Embassy, a Capitol Hill townhouse where Bannon was due to host a $1,000-a-ticket fundraiser Wednesday for the Senate campaign of former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. But the server, who was wearing a Washington Nationals baseball cap and holding a package to make it look like an ordinary delivery, said he was turned away.
“One of his minions, I believe, went back and either called him or spoke to him and said, ‘There’s nothing we can do about it, bro,‘” said the server, who would only give his name as Mike.
More: https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2019/09/25/steve-bannon-ftc-subpoena-cambridge-analytica-001022?__twitter_impression=true