Shield-Law Slip-Up in Reporter Raid Sparks Ethics Scrutiny
TL;DR Summary
The Justice Department allegedly failed to disclose a 1980 journalist shield law when seeking a warrant to search a Washington Post reporter’s home, a lapse that legal-ethics experts say could violate the candor rule if the prosecutor knew of the law; the DOJ has not commented, and The Post and the reporter have not publicly responded.
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