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US official: No reporter will go to jail for doing job
Attorney General Loretta Lynch listens to a reporters question during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Oct
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch listens to a reporters question during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Oct. 5, to announce resolution of federal and state claims against BP for the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the restoration of natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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span class="inline inline-center">Attorney General Loretta Lynch listens to a reporters question during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Oct. 5, to announce resolution of federal and state claims against BP for the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the restoration of natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Attorney General Loretta Lynch is repeating a pledge from her predecessor that no journalists will be sent to jail for doing their job.
The Justice Department says Lynch made the commitment during a private meeting Thursday with lawyers for media organizations.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder said last year that he would not approve of sending journalists to jail for work they do as part of their job. Lynch said Thursday that she agreed with that position and would continue to uphold that pledge.
Holder had assembled a working group of media organization representatives in response to concerns about Justice Department actions, such as issuing secret subpoenas for telephone records of Associated Press reporters and editors in a leak investigation.
The Justice Department subsequently released new guidelines for leak investigations. (k)
