Trump govt. secretly got journalists’ records: report
The Hindu
Phone records of 3 reporters covering alleged Russian link to 2016 presidential poll were seized
The Trump Justice Department secretly seized the phone records of three Washington Post reporters who covered the federal investigation into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, the newspaper said on Friday. The disclosure sets up a new clash between the federal government and news organisations and advocates for press freedom, who regard the seizures of reporters’ records as incursions into constitutionally protected newsgathering activity. Similar actions have occurred only rarely over the past decade, including a seizure of phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors over a 2012 news report that revealed a foiled bomb plot.More Related News

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