Claim 231

Holder pointed to the Risen case as an example of how the department could proceed under new leak-investigation policies.

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

Statement: Holder pointed to the Risen case as an example of how the department could proceed under new leak-investigation policies.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Holder on the case's resolution
About: incident 2014-us-james-risen-subpoena-jeffrey-sterling
Source: The James Risen case and Eric Holder's tarnished press freedom legacy
Publisher: Freedom of the Press Foundation
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2014-10-17

Quotation from the source

If you look at the last case involving Mr. Risen, the way in which that case was handled after the new policies were put in place [is] an example of how the Justice Department can proceed.