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Claim

Claim 341

President Biden said the earlier seizure of reporters' records was wrong.

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

Statement
President Biden said the earlier seizure of reporters' records was wrong.
Field
effect_on_reporting
Value
Biden calls prior seizures wrong
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

Absolutely, positively it's wrong. It's simply, simply wrong.