Matt Gaetz says USPS ‘covert operations program’ is ‘classic government’

Published May 3, 2021 11:44pm ET



Matt Gaetz says the U.S. Postal Service should not be keeping tabs on citizens’ lives.

The Florida Republican told former Trump White House adviser Sebastian Gorka the recent reports of a program known as the Internet Covert Operations Program, which involves analysts combing through social media sites looking for “inflammatory” postings and then sharing those posts with government agencies, demonstrates that a “deep state” exists within the federal government.

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