Missouri AG Opens Probe Into Liberty Safe After Voluntarily Providing A Customer’s Code To The FBI

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has announced that his office is opening a probe into Liberty Safe after the company voluntarily supplied the FBI with a customer’s private safe code.

Late last month, Liberty Safe provided the FBI with the six-digit code to the safe of Nathan Hughes of Arkansas, whose home was raided by a swarm of agents nearly two years after trespassing in the U.S. Capitol. Liberty Safe stated that their “company protocol is to provide access codes to law enforcement if a warrant grants them access to property.”

“After receiving the request, we received proof of the valid warrant, and only then did we provide them with an access code. Liberty Safe had no knowledge of any of the details surrounding the investigation at the time,” the company wrote,” the company’s statement continued.

Liberty Safe soon became the target of a massive boycott from conservative audiences, many of whom had been former customers.

In response, Bailey is now taking legal action against the firm, pointing out that the FBI “did not have a court order ordering Liberty Safe to provide the safe’s combination.” The attorney general is also investigating whether Liberty Safe has been honest with their customers about providing safe combinations to third parties.

“In an era where the federal government weaponizes our national security apparatus against political opponents, the last thing we need is for a private company to sell out its fellow Americans under pressure from federal bureaucrats,” Bailey said.

“I am using every tool at my disposal to protect the rights of all Missourians,” he continued. “That’s why my office is opening this investigation to ensure Liberty Safe is not deceiving its customers in its terms of service.”