Attorney General Merrick Garland is acting like a hypocrite as his Justice Department weaponizes the law to target a media organization critical of the Biden administration, according to the lawyers for a journalist who’s been the subject of a sweeping government probe.
“Your Justice Department’s outrageous and illegal abuses to journalists critical of the current administration, who lawfully gathered information to report to the public on a matter of public interest, have all occurred on your watch,” wrote attorneys Chas Short and Paul Calli, who represent investigative journalist and Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe, in a letter to Garland. “Your DOJ acted in contravention of your sanctimonious pronouncements and in violation of the Privacy Protection Act, DOJ’s regulations for obtaining information from the news media, and DOJ directives.”
“As a result of your refusal to apply your own ‘standards,'” they continued, “prominent journalists, scholars, and media watchdogs have assailed the actions of your DOJ.”
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