Trump told Sessions to send me to a women's prison?
Posted on 08/04/2017 5:28:09 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday announced a government-wide crackdown on leakers, which will include a review of the Justice Department’s policies on subpoenas for media outlets that publish sensitive information.
At a press conference with Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, Sessions announced that the Justice Department, FBI and government intelligence agencies will direct more resources into the investigations of government leaks and would prioritize prosecuting those that pass sensitive information along to the press or foreign officials.
Sessions said he had empowered his deputy director Rod Rosenstein and incoming FBI director Christopher Wray to oversee the classified leaks investigations and to monitor the progress of each case.
The national security division of the Justice Department will prioritize cases involving unauthorized disclosures, Sessions said, and the departments “will not hesitate to bring lawful and appropriate criminal charges against those who abuse the public trust.”
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Trump? Session works for the American people and this is where your concern should be. President is not some monarchy but the PRESIDENT and works for US, WE the People.
President Trump needs to fire him because of this
Watch media heads explode.
Sessions should clarify that the media might be incidentally captured in the investigation of leakers, and their names unmasked solely for the purpose of identifying the leaker.
It's not the government's fault if information about the reporters get leaked to the public, too.
-PJ
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