Chairman Nadler Statement on DOJ Policy Restricting Use of Compulsory Process to Obtain Journalists' Records

Chairman Nadler Statement on DOJ Policy Restricting Use of Compulsory Process to Obtain Journalists' Records

The following press release was published by the House Committee On The Judiciary on July 19, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice announced new guidance restricting the federal government's ability to secretly obtain journalists' communications:

"Given recent reports about the Department’s surveillance of journalists and Members of Congress, these are not the only policy changes I would like to see at the Department of Justice-but I am genuinely encouraged by this significant step in the right direction. I look forward to working with the Attorney General to make certain that these changes are codified and remain the policy of the Department for years to come. As I said in our June 30th hearing on the subject, the surveillance practices of the Department of Justice will remain a focus of this Committee in the coming months."

Source: House Committee On The Judiciary

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