The USA Department of Justice has relaxed investigative powers regarding media leak cases.

On April 25 local time, Reuters cited a memorandum stating that the USA Department of Justice has relaxed investigative powers regarding media leak cases, allowing prosecutors to more easily summon journalists to cooperate with investigations and obtain records, thus overturning the relevant policies of the Biden administration. The new rules detailed in the memorandum allow prosecutors in criminal investigations to use subpoenas, court orders, and search warrants to compel "members of the news media to provide information and testimony related to them." Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in the memorandum: "Protecting confidential, privileged, and other sensitive information is key to ensuring the effective operation of the government and the smooth conduct of law enforcement actions." According to Reuters, this regulation overturns the policy implemented during the tenure of former USA President Biden, which prohibited prosecutors from seizing journalists' phone and email records in most cases. (CCTV News)