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Ilhan Omar: This was a trend which actually began in the Obama Administration which prosecuted eight journalists' sources under the…

On the recordMay 15, 2019
This was a trend which actually began in the Obama Administration which prosecuted eight journalists' sources under the Espionage Act, which is an overly broad, in our view, instrument for this purpose and has a chilling effect on the media.
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Ilhan Omar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Omar discusses the historical trend of prosecuting journalists under the Espionage Act.

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