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Merrick Garland: “We have to distinguish between reporters doing their jobs and reporters committing crimes unrelated to the leaking.”

On the recordJune 8, 2021
We have to distinguish between reporters doing their jobs and reporters committing crimes unrelated to the leaking.
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Merrick Garland
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Garland discusses the need for clarity in defining journalist protections.

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