A bipartisan group of House lawmakers unveiled a bill on Wednesday that
would force the Department of Justice (DOJ) to get a federal court’s
approval before seizing records from journalists.
The move comes in response to growing concerns from both parties on
Capitol Hill that the DOJ may have violated the First Amendment rights
of Associated Press and Fox News employees by seizing their telephone
and email records in a pair of separate investigations into national
security leaks.
“This was nothing short of, in my opinion, a massive intimidation
fishing expedition,” said Rep. Ted Poe (Texas), the lead Republican
backer of the measure.
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