A Couple Of Fifth Circuit Appeals Court Judges Look Like They Believe Performing Journalism Is A Criminal Act

In 2018, Laredo (TX) police officers arrested independent journalist Priscilla Villarreal after she published the name of a Border Patrol agent who had committed suicide. The alleged crime was "misuse of official information." But all Villarreal had done was perform an act of journalism: she had asked Laredo police officer Barbara Goodman to verify information…

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