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Justice Department withdraws subpoenas that sought reporters’ grand jury testimony, sources say
The Justice Department issued and later withdrew subpoenas seeking testimony from reporters at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal as part of a crackdown on media leaks. The move, criticized as a threat to press freedom, followed prior actions like an FBI search of a Washington Post reporter's home.
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