Policy Changes and Implications
Attorney General announced new regulations allowing the to issue subpoenas, serve search warrants, and compel journalist testimony in leak investigations, reversing a Biden-era policy.
The updated policy mandates that news organizations must respond to subpoenas and that warrants include protocols to limit intrusion, aiming to crack down on unauthorized disclosures.
Context and Reactions
This policy shift comes amid complaints from the Trump administration about media stories revealing internal decision-making and intelligence assessments.
The new regulations rescind a 2021 policy by then-Attorney General , which was itself a response to the Obama administration's controversial practice of seizing journalists' records.