China News Service, June 7 reported that on the 5th local time, the U.S. Department of Justice promised that in the future, when investigating cases of leaking confidential information to the media, it will not use legal means to secretly obtain journalists' communication records.

  Recently, the "Washington Post", CNN and "New York Times" and other American media have broken the news that the judicial departments of former US President Trump and current President Biden have issued subpoenas to secretly obtain their titles. Correspondence records of reporters.

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  The New York Times revealed on the 4th that the Trump administration had requested access to the telephone and email records of four reporters from the newspaper, and issued an injunction to the newspaper’s senior executives to prohibit them from disclosing the matter. The legal battle between the two parties continued until Biden took office. Finally, the Ministry of Justice revoked the gag order.

  White House spokesman Psaki issued a statement on the 5th, saying that the Biden team was not aware of the matter, but admitted that this method is not in line with the Biden administration’s policy, and said that the Department of Justice has confirmed that it will not do so in the future.

  The U.S. Department of Justice spokesperson Corley issued a statement on the 5th that in line with Biden’s direction, the department will "change long-standing practices" and will no longer seek to pass "compulsory legal procedures" when investigating leaks and obtain "working" Sources of information for members of the news media.

  He added that the Ministry of Justice values ​​press freedom and will take all appropriate measures to ensure the independence of journalists.

However, the Ministry of Justice did not clarify the definition of "news media members" and the specific scope of application of the new regulations.

  The US Department of Justice also revealed on the 5th that they are withdrawing a subpoena requesting the identity information of the readers of USA Today, but did not explain why law enforcement agencies are interested in this information.

  After the U.S. media disclosed that the Trump administration had secretly obtained the phone and e-mail records of these two media reporters, Biden said that this approach was undoubtedly wrong, and the Department of Justice would not be allowed to continue to do so.