President Joe Biden said this afternoon that he “will NOT allow his Justice Department to seize the phone or email records of reporters”
President Biden tells me he will NOT allow his Justice Department to seize the phone or email records of reporters.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 21, 2021
Watch:
“It’s simply, simply wrong. I will not let that happen,” President Biden tells me about the Justice Department seizing the records of reporters. pic.twitter.com/bRL88NssMr
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 21, 2021
“This is a massive break from his predecessors”:
This is a massive break from his predecessors. https://t.co/zWqJAIbEKw
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 21, 2021
At the very least, with the Obama and Trump administrations:
A break with at minimum his two most recent predecessors. https://t.co/qqcDulxphh
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 21, 2021
Do journos actually believe him though?
And you believe him. https://t.co/N6rYXrMBb0
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 21, 2021
Many are, shall we say, skeptical:
Unless, of course, they really really "need" to for their investigation…. https://t.co/2UxjgdeDDw
— Nicholas Weaver (@ncweaver) May 21, 2021
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does merrick garland know this https://t.co/mV1jUbz7fn
— Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) May 21, 2021
Saving this tweet for later. https://t.co/EVkRGTYyhg
— Matt Ford (@fordm) May 21, 2021
If this holds as a bright line, would be a big DOJ policy shift from prior administrations of both parties https://t.co/7ZgcBIxw3H
— Carrie Cordero (@carriecordero) May 21, 2021
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