AG Merrick Garland bars prosecutors from seizing reporters' records

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday formally prohibited federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists in leak investigations, with limited exceptions, reversing years of department policy.  The new policy largely codifies the commitment Garland made in June, when he said the Justice Department would abandon the ...

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