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Trump-era acquisition of journalists' records disclosed

Event date
Category
Documented falsehood campaigns and institutional attacks
Posture:
Later disclosure of prior government action

News organizations disclosed that the Justice Department had secretly obtained journalists' communications records during Trump-era leak investigations. The later policy change is recorded separately.

Evidence basis

independent-corroboration

Disposition

The Justice Department announced a policy change the following month.

Dated sources

  1. — The Washington Post (Independent reporting)
  2. — pressfreedomtracker.us (Institutional or advocacy analysis)
  3. — Reuters (Independent reporting)

Correction status

No substantive correction recorded for this version.

Canonical citation

Trump-era acquisition of journalists' records disclosed. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2021-05-07-doj-journalist-records-disclosure/

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