Headline Roundup • August 4th, 2017
Sessions to Investigate Leaks
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Friday that the Justice Department is pursuing about three times as many investigations into leaking as were open at the end of the Obama era, a significant devotion of law enforcement resources to hunt down the sources of unauthorized disclosures that have plagued the Trump administration.
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.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday that the Justice Department is ramping up steps to investigate and prosecute government leakers, a day after transcripts of President Trump's calls with two foreign leaders were leaked to the Washington Post.
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