Senate Judiciary Democrats Want Answers From Bondi Over DOJ Targeting of Journalists

“Under this new guidance, there is little protection for journalists who publish any story critical of the administration from being threatened with a subpoena and litigation to enforce the subpoena,” they wrote to the attorney general.

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All 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee sent Attorney General Pam Bondi a letter Wednesday night expressing “deep concern” about her recent decision to rescind legal protections afforded journalists from federal law enforcement subpoenas — and demanding to know whether the Department of Justice has already begun targeting reporters.

“The free press is a bedrock of our democracy and reporters must be able to do their jobs without fear of being investigated or prosecuted,” said the letter signed by every Democrat on the committee that oversees the DOJ.

The letter noted that Bondi’s April 25 memo, which reverses a Biden-era policy put in place by her predecessor, appears to directly contradict a promise she made to senators when asking for their confirmation vote just three months earlier.