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Normale Ansicht

Failure to Alert Judge to Press Law for Reporter Search Draws Ethical Scrutiny

06. Februar 2026 um 00:09
The Justice Department may have violated a candor rule by not disclosing a 1980 law when seeking a warrant for a Washington Post reporter’s home.

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The Washington Post headquarters. Specialists in legal ethics said that if the prosecutor who submitted the application knew about the law, the failure to bring it up violated a longstanding legal ethics rule.

DOJ Failed to Address Press Law in Application to Search Washington Post Reporter’s Home

03. Februar 2026 um 00:43
The Justice Department did not address a 1980 law that generally bars warrants for reporting material when it sought to seize a Washington Post reporter’s devices, an unsealed filing shows.

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First Amendment scholars say a search of a Washington Post reporter’s home appears to be unprecedented.
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