A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists

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Source: LAWdork

A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists

Stating that leaks "undermine President Trump's policies," Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that "the news media 'must answer subpoenas' when authorized."

CHRIS GEIDNER
APR 25, 2025

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."

"{U}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 ...."

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

[William Seger]

1. They "undermine President Trump's policies" by revealing what they really are

[DENVERPOPS]

2. Anyone surprised??????????

Day by Day, Inch by Inch, creeping closer to a fascist dictator.....

[Grins]

3. In "Our Glorious War" against the 1st Amendment!!!

And these are Constitutional “textualists.” (When it’s convenient…)

[J_William_Ryan]

4. "...undermine President Trump's policies..."

If accurate, factual reporting from administration sources results in opposition to Trump’s failed, wrongheaded policies, Trump is alone to blame – not journalists doing their jobs as authorized by the First Amendment.

Yet another effort to intimidate and silence a free press.

[Cheezoholic]

5. Not many check boxes left on the we're fascist list n/t

[reACTIONary]

6. Don't write down any names...

... show up and plead the fifth.

[wolfie001]

7. tRUMP bootlicker turning the US into Florida