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DOJ changed policy on obtaining reporters' records

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Category
Documented falsehood campaigns and institutional attacks
Posture:
Dated official or institutional report

After disclosures that the Justice Department had obtained journalists' communications records in leak investigations, the department announced that it would change its policy and stop using compulsory process to obtain reporters' source information in routine leak investigations.

Evidence basis

independent-corroboration

Disposition

The Justice Department adopted a revised policy limiting compulsory process against journalists.

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

DOJ changed policy on obtaining reporters' records. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2021-06-05-doj-reporter-records-policy-change/

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