White House Supports Ban on Phone Data Seizures of Reporters
White House Seems to Affirm Biden’s Vow to Bar Seizures of Reporters’ Phone Data But the Justice Department is not commenting on whether a seemingly off-the-cuff remark by President Biden is now a policy directive. Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, affirmed a remark by President Biden that he would not allow prosecutors to seize reporters’ communications records in leak investigations.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times May 24, 2021, 5:11 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — A White House spokeswoman appeared to confirm on Monday that the Biden administration would not permit federal pro...