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How subpoenas against journalists threaten press freedom

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Journalists rely on confidential sources to uncover information that governments, corporations, and powerful individuals often want to keep hidden. When authorities subpoena journalists in attempts to compel them to reveal their reporting sources, they undermine one of the core functions of a free press in a democracy.



The U.S. Department of Justice under the second Trump administration has increasingly used subpoenas against journalists in connection with their reporting. 



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