leak investigations that end up involving snooping on reporters. so let s just be clear here, spying on journalists is a front to the first amendment. there is no place for it. and now notably this weekend, president biden s justice department said it agrees. this doj will no longer seize reporter records when investigating government leaks. that is the commitment as of this weekend from the biden era justice department. so why is this coming out now? well, because we ve been learning all spring long about the leak probes that ensnared reporters. you re seeing faces on screen now. reporters of the new york times had phone records secretly obtained, barbara starr had her phone and email reports obtained and reports of the washington post had their information obtained. what the government was getting was phone logs and email logs showing who these reporters were talking with in an attempt to root out leakers so after biden
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district. one last point on this subject. the confirmation hearing next week for bill barr, it just raise the stakes. this is a public hearing over several days. you need to watch this, people, to hear the questions that he will be asked about his views on the investigation and how he ang an answers them. that will be huge. and i want to be point out one more thing because had he been publicly in favor robert mueller. so bill barr, while he says he believes there should be limits and you read how he doesn t think the president should be subject to interrogation about obstruction of justice, here s something else, p 403. this is bill barr talking about robert mueller when he was apointed had the hiss appointment is good news for those concerned over the troubling way the investigation was handled over summer and fall as well as many government leaks. boor told this flus organization. he added i m confident that robert mueller will keep his eye on legitimate areas of inquiry and not
appointment had the hiss appointment is good news for those concerned over the troubling way the investigation was handled on the summer and fall as well as many government leaks. barr told this news organization, he added i am confident that mierl will keep his eye on legitimate areas of inquiry and not let this investigation degenerate into a sprawling ceaseless witch-hunt to get something on the president s associates. however, a year later, this is by the way he always how the it was legal to fire james comey, which is something that mueller is at least looking around into. a year later in juchb 2018 bill barr said mueller should not be able to demand the president submit to ann teargation about alleged obstruction if embrace by the department, this theory could have disat truss implications not just for the presidency but the executive branch as a whole and the department in particular. you know, lawyer are, i think a lot of people thought bill barr was a safe nominee because he