Department of Justice

The new policy replaces the balancing test that required the DOJ to weigh investigative needs against press rights.

The policy change follows revelations that DOJ officials under Presidents Trump and Biden sought to secretly seize reporters’ email records.

The Trump administration’s efforts to intrude into reporter-source relationships is more sweeping than we originally thought.

RCFP attorneys helped reporter Dylan Tokar obtain records about how government officials appoint attorneys as corporate watchdogs.

RCFP has pursued records related to the FBI’s presence at the raid that sparked outrage among press freedom advocates.

Reporters Committee attorneys argue that a nondisclosure order linked to a government demand for Microsoft communications threatens newsgathering.

The Reporters Committee and other media organizations argue that public access to police misconduct records is crucial.

RCFP is arguing for the reversal of a district court decision in a case challenging mass surveillance by NSA.

FBI and DOJ have refused to produce adequate records regarding the FBI’s impersonation of the media, RCFP argues.

The San Francisco Police Department executed search warrants for the home and office of San Francisco-based freelance journalist Bryan Carmody…