Claim 340

A DOJ spokesman said the department would stop seeking compulsory process against journalists doing their jobs.

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

Statement: A DOJ spokesman said the department would stop seeking compulsory process against journalists doing their jobs.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Department will not seek journalists' records in leak investigations
About: incident 2021-doj-bans-seizing-reporters-records-garland
Source: Justice Department to stop seizing reporter records
Publisher: Axios
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2021-06-05

Quotation from the source

will not seek compulsory legal process in leak investigations to obtain source information from members of the news media doing their jobs.