Pam Bondi Rescinds Journalist Protection Safeguards as AG

| Importance: 9/10 | Status: confirmed

Attorney General Pam Bondi eliminates journalist protection guidelines established by Merrick Garland, reverting to a pre-2021 ‘balancing test’ that allows the Department of Justice to more aggressively pursue journalist records in leak investigations. The policy change removes key safeguards against subpoenaing journalists’ communications, potentially enabling broader investigations into government information leaks and undermining press freedom protections.

Key Actors

Pam Bondi DOJ Merrick Garland News Outlets Bruce Brown

Tags

pam-bondi journalist-protections surveillance-policy press-freedom-elimination systematic-intimidation doj-policy-change

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