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Léonie Chao-Fong in Washington

Pam Bondi rescinds Biden-era protections for journalists

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Pam Bondi at the justice department in February. Photograph: Craig Hudson/Reuters

Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, has revoked a Biden administration-era policy that restricted subpoenas of reporters’ phone records in criminal investigations.

An internal memo, first reported by ABC News, shows Bondi rescinding protections issued by her predecessor, Merrick Garland, for members of the media from having their records seized or being forced to testify in the course of leak investigations.

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