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Story Link: Biden says he won't allow Justice Department to seize journalists phone, email records
"President Biden on Friday declared that he would not allow his Justice Department to seize journalists’ phone or email records, calling the practice “simply wrong.”
At the White House, a reporter asked Biden about federal law enforcement taking such records and whether the president would “prevent your Justice Department from doing that.” Biden joked with the reporter, then grew serious, saying: “Absolutely, positively it’s wrong. It’s simply, simply wrong.”
“So you won’t let your Justice Department do that?” the reported asked.
“I will not let that happen,” the president responded.
Biden’s declaration follows recent disclosures that during the Trump administration, the Justice Department secretly sought the records of four journalists, three for their work at The Washington Post and one for her reporting at CNN."
Good job Joe! props for FINALLY doing this, however given the fact that it's coming from a partisan politician with a history of playing a bit fast and loose with the truth, I'll personally take a "Proof is in the pudding" approach and wait and see if this plays out.
It's VERY disturbing that in a Nation of Laws, where the 4th Amendment is in effect that the President actually has to tell the JUSTICE DEPARTMENT that it's not allowed to spy on it's supposedly FREE PRESS, should go without saying.
Story Link: Biden says he won't allow Justice Department to seize journalists phone, email records
"President Biden on Friday declared that he would not allow his Justice Department to seize journalists’ phone or email records, calling the practice “simply wrong.”
At the White House, a reporter asked Biden about federal law enforcement taking such records and whether the president would “prevent your Justice Department from doing that.” Biden joked with the reporter, then grew serious, saying: “Absolutely, positively it’s wrong. It’s simply, simply wrong.”
“So you won’t let your Justice Department do that?” the reported asked.
“I will not let that happen,” the president responded.
Biden’s declaration follows recent disclosures that during the Trump administration, the Justice Department secretly sought the records of four journalists, three for their work at The Washington Post and one for her reporting at CNN."
Good job Joe! props for FINALLY doing this, however given the fact that it's coming from a partisan politician with a history of playing a bit fast and loose with the truth, I'll personally take a "Proof is in the pudding" approach and wait and see if this plays out.
It's VERY disturbing that in a Nation of Laws, where the 4th Amendment is in effect that the President actually has to tell the JUSTICE DEPARTMENT that it's not allowed to spy on it's supposedly FREE PRESS, should go without saying.
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