A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists

[Nevilledog]

https://www.lawdork.com/p/bondi-reverses-garland-media-subpoena-policy

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday announced a stepped-up effort to go after government leaks by changing the policy for when the Justice Department will seek information from journalists — reversing a Biden administration policy barring “compulsory process.”

Echoing President Donald Trump’s criticism of the Justice Department during the Biden administration, Bondi wrote in an “UPDATED POLICY REGARDING OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM, OR RECORDS OF, MEMBERS OF THE NEWS MEDIA” memorandum for all Justice Department employees, “The Biden Administration … abused [Attorney General Merrick] Garland’s overly broad procedural protections for media allies by engaging in selective leaks in support of failed lawfare campaigns.”

“nder the revised regulations implemented today, the news media ‘must answer subpoenas’ when authorized at the appropriate level within the Department of Justice,” Bondi wrote, ending Garland’s policy. Under Garland’s policy, he had stated that DOJ would “no longer use compulsory legal process for the purpose of obtaining information from or records of members of the news media acting within the scope of newsgathering activities ….”

For Bondi, though, “unauthorized disclosures … undermine President Trump’s policies, victimize government agencies, and cause harm to the American people.“ Bondi’s four-page memo, obtained by Law Dork, cited articles from The Washington Post and The New York Times that have been published in recent months as evidence of “leaks of classified information.”

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[hannah]

1. Not Sure

If I hate her more than Trump. Now her brother wants to take over the Bar in Dc

[Kid Berwyn]

2. NAZI Bondi just applauded the arrest of a judge on phony charges.

From the AP:

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the man was facing domestic violence charges and victims were sitting in the courtroom with state prosecutors when the judge helped him escape immigration arrest.

The judge “put the lives of our law enforcement officers at risk. She put the lives of citizens at risk. A street chase -- it’s absurd that that had to happen,” Bondi said on Fox News Channel.

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-judge-arrested-7997186bbca5730e70a25f2347e631f6

NAZI Pam Bondi.

[lindysalsagal]

3. Everyone who is directly involved needs to organize against him.

He's putting us all to work.