"WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks of information to the news media, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying prosecutors will once again have authority to use subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to hunt for government officials who make “unauthorized disclosures” to journalists.
New regulations announced by Bondi in a memo to the staff obtained by The Associated Press on Friday rescind a Biden administration policy that protected journalists from having their phone records secretly seized during leak investigations — a practice long decried by news organizations and press freedom groups.
The new regulations assert that news organizations must respond to subpoenas “when authorized at the appropriate level of the Department of Justice” and also allow for prosecutors to use court orders and search warrants to “compel production of information and testimony by and relating to the news media.”"
Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer report for the Associated Press April 25, 2025.
SEE ALSO:
"Justice Department Revokes Biden-Era Protections For Reporters In Leak Investigations" (NPR)
"Reporters’ Phone Records Could Again Be Searched, Justice Dept. Says" (Washington Post)
"Justice Department Nixes Biden-Era Protections For Journalists In Leak Probes" (Politico)
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