US reporter fighting back after border patrol seized his cellphones

Reporter Max Blumenthal had his cellphones seized by border patrol upon returning to the United States, The Guardian reports. The seizure followed social media posts by Trump ally Laura Loomer calling for his detention. Blumenthal had been in Tehran covering the funeral of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei and was uploading his reporting from a cafe when he saw Loomer's posts targeting him.

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