Independent, UK - Journalists can be subject to court orders and search warrants for their phone records, notes and testimony as Donald Trump’s administration tries to hunt down “unauthorized disclosures” to reporters, according to a new memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi.
The measure reverses Department of Justice policy under Joe Biden’s administration, which intended to protect freedom of the press from government interference and unlawful intimidation.
But an internal Justice Department memo from Bondi’s office claims that dropping the policy is necessary to prevent the release of not just “classified” information but “privileged and other sensitive information” — a much broader set of information that civil rights advocates fear could open reporters to law enforcement scrutiny for typical newsgathering, including revealing sources.
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