Rod Rosenstein Pushes to Weaken Rules on Seizing Journalists’ Records
by Joshua Caplan Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is overseeing a revision of the Justice Department’s guidelines regarding how investigators can obtain records from members of the media, with a particular focus on leaks, according to The Hill’s John Solomon. The proposed revision, in which Rosenstein assumed a larger role after Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ November departure, included a watered-down threshold for DOJ prosecutors to meet before subpoenaing a journalist’s records. The new guidelines, if approved, would allow the department to issue a subpoena without first notifying the reporter’s news organization of its intent to obtain documents, the report states. Acting Attorney General Matthew...
by Joshua Caplan Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is overseeing a revision of the Justice Department’s guidelines regarding how investigators can obtain records from members of the media, with a particular focus on leaks, according to The Hill’s John Solomon. The...
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