reauthorizations that [House Intelligence Committee Chairman] Adam Schiff [D-Calif.] or [Attorney General] Bill Barr may be trying to pressure the president and Congress into accepting. America will be watching," Christopher Anders, ACLU deputy political director, said in a statement. Josh Withrow , a senior policy analyst at FreedomWorks , added that the groups hope that "we can reach President Trump with the message that there is massive bi-partisan agreement with him that the government's surveillance authorities urgently need serious reform." "If President Trump wants to do right by Carter Page and all Americans, he should demand truly meaningful reforms to our surveillance laws and dismiss any proposals for small ‘fixes’ or cleanthat [House Intelligence Committee Chairman] Adamor [Attorney General] Bill Barr may be trying to pressure the president and Congress into accepting. America will be watching," Christopher Anders, ACLU deputy political director, said in a statement.Josh, a senior policy analyst at, added that the groups hope that "we can reach President Trump with the message that there is massive bi-partisan agreement with him that the government's surveillance authorities urgently need serious reform."

Libertarian -minded Republicans and progressives have warned for years that they do not believe the surveillance courts provided enough transparency or privacy protections for individuals targeted for surveillance.

Trump has largely stayed out of the fight over whether to reauthorize the three expiring USA Freedom provisions that deal with roving wiretaps, lone-wolf surveillance and a controversial phone records program.

When he retweeted Jordan a second time, Trump added “they spied on my campaign!”