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.