REPORTERS!!

President Donald rump's Department of Justice secretly obtained phone records of multiple Washington Post reporters, the newspaper reported on Friday.

According to The Washington Post, the three reporters, who were looking into Russia's role in the 2016 election, each received a letter from DOJ dated May 3.

The letters informed them that they were "hereby notified that pursuant to legal process the United States Department of Justice received toll records associated with the following telephone numbers for the period from April 15, 2017 to July 31, 2017," according to the newspaper.

The reporters were Ellen Nakashima, Greg Miller and Adam Entous, who no longer works for the Post.

The newspaper added that work, home or cellphone numbers for each reporter over a three and a half month period were included in the letters. The DOJ also attempted to obtain e-mail records, according to the Post's report.

Cameron Barr, the acting executive editor of the Washington Post, said in a statement that the paper is "deeply troubled by this use of government power to seek access to the communications of journalists."

"The Department of Justice should immediately make clear its reasons for this intrusion into the activities of reporters doing their jobs, an activity protected under the First Amendment," Barr added in a statement.