Blackburn Introduces Legislation to Protect Federal Law Enforcement Officers from Doxxing

Blackburn Introduces Legislation to Protect Federal Law Enforcement Officers from Doxxing
June 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C.
– Today, U.S. Senator
Marsha Blackburn
(R-Tenn.) introduced the
Protecting Law Enforcement from Doxxing Act
to make it illegal to dox federal law enforcement officials following the dangerous
actions
of
Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell
and his office to publicly release the names of law enforcement officers last week. This puts them at a higher risk of being targeted by criminal gangs, including MS-13 and Tren De Aragua.
“Blue city mayors are doing everything they can to obstruct the Trump administration’s efforts to deport criminal illegal aliens,”
said Senator Blackburn.
“Just last week, Nashville Mayor O’Connell and his office doxxed federal law enforcement officers after the Trump administration worked with Tennessee Highway Patrol to arrest
criminal illegal aliens. My
Protecting Law Enforcement from Doxxing Act
would make this illegal and hold blue city mayors accountable for obstructing enforcement of our immigration laws by putting law enforcement officers in harm’s way.”
BACKGROUND
Last year, an illegal alien from Mexico was
charged
with criminal homicide and evidence tampering after Nashville restaurant owner, Matt Carney, was tragically killed in a hit-and-run crash. Just a few months earlier, another illegal alien was
charged
with attempted kidnapping, sexual battery, public intoxication, and evading arrest after he followed a woman into the bathroom and groped her at the Nashville Sundae Club in the Gulch.
Click
here
for a list of examples of the criminal illegal aliens who were arrested during a joint operation in Nashville by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Tennessee Highway Patrol,
including
convicted rapists, drug dealers, and individuals affiliated with MS-13. Senator Blackburn praised this operation in a recent column
published
by
The Tennessean.
Following this operation, Mayor O’Connell and his office
doxxed
federal law enforcement officers, putting them at risk of being targeted by criminal gangs.
Senator Blackburn has
called
on the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an investigation into the actions of Mayor O’Connell and his office for attempting to undermine President Trump and ICE’s work to get dangerous criminals out of Tennessee communities.
THE PROTECTING LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM DOXXING ACT
The
Protecting Law Enforcement from Doxxing Act
would make it illegal to publish the name of a federal law enforcement officer with the intent to obstruct a criminal investigation or immigration operation.
Under this legislation, an individual found guilty of doxxing a federal law enforcement officer would face a fine and/or imprisonment of five years.
Click
here
for bill text.
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https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/6/immigration/national security/blackburn-introduces-legislation-to-protect-federal-law-enforcement-officers-from-doxxing