1 | IOWA CITY, Iowa - A judge is upholding a warrant allowing investigators to search the email account of an indicted political operative who has worked for Rand Paul, Ron Paul and Mitch McConnell. |
2 | Magistrate Judge Helen Adams rejected a request Monday by Jesse Benton to quash a warrant ordering Google Inc. to turn over the contents of his Gmail account. |
3 | The decision means the government will get access to thousands of emails that Benton sent and received dating back to 2011. |
4 | Benton had argued the warrant was overly broad and violated his privacy. |
5 | His attorney argued the government was conducting a "fishing expedition." |
6 | Benton and two other aides to Ron Paul's 2012 presidential campaign were indicted last week, accused of conspiring to buy the support of a state senator before that year's Iowa caucuses. |