Why are journalists being subjected to search warrants in the US? | Caitlin Vogus

Why are journalists being subjected to search warrants in the US? | Caitlin Vogus

The Department of Justice’s blatant disregard for the constitution and attempt to hide the law is disturbingOn Tuesday, a federal judge unsealed records showing that the Department of Justice tried and failed to get search warrants targeting journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, as well as three protesters involved in the Cities church demonstration in St Paul, Minnesota, last winter.A court rejected the search warrants – twice. In strikingly blunt opinions, magistrate judge John Docherty said...

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