“While the department cannot speak to any specific case or activity, the Department strictly adheres to the Attorney General’s July 2021 memorandum prohibiting the use of compulsory process with regards to members of the news media acting within the scope of newsgathering activities,” Dena Iverson, principal deputy director in the DOJ’s Office of Public Affairs, told The Daily Beast.
Tell that to the 2000 mules reporters.
Kiddie porn?
There shouldn’t be secret charges. Once executed, a search/arrest warrant should be public information.
The raid on James O’Keefe and other PV journalists predated this.
Sheryl Atkinson spoke of the Fed’s being able to plant evidence on someone’s computer.
Could this guy have been working on something good, they found out and then framed him? What reason would they have to go after him?
One would think that the news would be trying to get to the truth to protect one of their own, if the protecting were warranted.
Then again, maybe he is a pero and they caught him.
“ABC News officials were reportedly baffled by this framing, as they told The Daily Beast that Mr Meek resigned on 27 April, the same day the FBI raided his home. According to ABC News sources, he cited “personal reasons” for his resignation, and reportedly told his friends it was to “save colleagues and the company embarrassment.”
FBI hauls off this guy and ABC has zero curiosity as to why, and what has happened to him since? If I had to guess, I’d say ABC knows why and what, and was involved in getting him arrested. If he was up to something nefarious fine — ABC needs to stop playing games and report the story.
Bet it’s underage sex....
“You know, an attempt to do their job.”
The Dept of InJustice tells them what their “jobs” are. Gordon effed-up somewhere.