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The Ministry of Justice of President Donald Trump has lifted protection for journalists in investigations into information leaks. Which gives the government more powers to request information.
Lift of the bids guidelines by Pam Bondi
Attorney General Pam Bondi explained in a spread on Friday memothat they are the introduced by the bidet government Guidelines will cancel. These guidelines prevented the Ministry of Justice from requesting documents from journalists as part of investigations into information leaks. Or to force them to testify. The memo was from Political published.
Criticism of bidens Ministry of Justice
Bondi claimed that the bidue government had the protective measures introduced by Merrick Garland, the Minister of Justice of President Joe Biden the media “Abused”. The protective measures largely prohibited federal prosecutors while investigating telephone records and other private communications from journalists.
She claimed that Biden’s Ministry of Justice had operated “selective information leaks to support failed Lawfare campaigns”. She referred to one Report of the New York Times About the investigation into the violent riots in the US capitol on January 6, 2021. “This Ministry of Justice will not tolerate unauthorized disclosures that undermine the policy of President Trump. Damage government agencies. And damage to the American people,” wrote Bondi.
Consequences for informants and media
“The authors of these indiscretions,” she added, “help our foreign opponents by spreading sensitive and sometimes secret information on the Internet. The damage is significant and irreversible. Accountability, including criminal prosecution, is necessary to take a new course.”
Extended powers for investigations
The decision enables the Trump government to use lectures, court resolutions and search commands in order to examine information leaks. Bondi confirmed that the Ministry of Justice would continue to apply “procedural protective measures”. And that the investigation is a “last remedy”.
Examples of current information leaks
In Bondis Memo referred on a story about Dan Caldwell, a consultant by Defense Minister Pete Hegseth. He was supposedly refused due to “unauthorized disclosure of information”. She also complained about persistent “Leck’s confidential information”. And referred to the article of the Washington Post and the New York Times About a secret intelligence assessment that contradicted Trump’s claim that the Venezuelan government controls the tren-de-Aragua gang.
Trump’s war against the media escalates
This claim is central to Trump’s efforts to show Venezuelan migrants, citing Alien Enemies Act, the notorious War Act of 1798. And put in prison in El Salvador. On the grounds that they are supposedly members of the gang.
Planned tightening
In December, lawyers from Trump’s environment spoke with Rolling Stone About the government’s plans, the pressure on the media and Whistleblower to increase.
“Oh, it will be brutal,” a conservative lawyer told Rolling Stone. “The velvet gloves go out. We learned from the first experiences. And a lesson is that you have to proceed even more aggressively.”
Reactions to the new judicial policy
Trump’s war against the media in 2025 escalated in February when the government of the Associated Press escalated the Prohibition of participation in events in the Oval Office. Because she continued to use the term “Gulf of Mexico” instead of following Trump’s arrangement to name him “Gulf of America”. In April, a federal judge ordered that the Trump government of the Associated Press had to grant unrestricted access. But in the following week a reporter and a photographer from the Oval Office were banished.
Criticism of press freedom organizations
On Friday, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press condemned the decision of the Ministry of Justice to lift the politics of bidea era
“Some of the most serious reports in the history of the United States – from Watergate to Warrantless Wiretapping after September 11th – were and will continue to enable reporters to protect and report stories to the identity of confidential sources and report stories that are important for people of all political camps,” said Bruce Brown, President of the Group, in one Explanation. “Strong protection for journalists serves the American public by ensuring free flow of information.”