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BREAKING: Judge who allowed FBI to search Washington Post reporter’s home rips into Justice Department for not informing him of the law that explicitly bars raids of reporters

cnn.comJudge who allowed FBI to search Washington Post reporter’s home rips into Justice Department | CNN PoliticsA federal judge ripped into the Justice Department on Friday for failing to inform him of the applicability of a law intended to protect journalists from government searches and seizures when it asked...
Stephanie 🌻🇺🇦🌺
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I mean, judges can’t know every obscure law but freedom of the press is a pretty big one. “Hey, the government wants to execute a search warrant on a reporter. As I’ve been trained in issue-spotting, let’s look into that more before granting it.” Did they lie to the judge or just not tell them.

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