The Justice Department has rescinded a Biden-era policy that limited prosecutors’ ability to obtain journalists’ records during criminal leak investigations, according to a memo issued on April 25 by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
In the memo, Bondi said she was rolling back policies put in place under her predecessor, Attorney General Merrick Garland, that barred prosecutors from seizing information from or compelling testimony by members of the news media in leak cases. The Biden-era protections, Bondi argued, had been abused to shield political allies and obstruct legitimate investigations.
