Claim

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AP President Gary Pruitt said there was no possible justification for the scope of the records collection.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: AP President Gary Pruitt said there was no possible justification for the scope of the records collection.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Pruitt calls the seizure unjustified
About: incident 2013-us-doj-seizes-ap-phone-records
Source: US government 'seized AP phone records' archived copy
Publisher: Al Jazeera
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2013-05-14

Quotation from the source

There can be no possible justification for such an over-broad collection of the telephone communications of The Associated Press and its reporters.