Politics

In 2010 Justice Department sought warrant to read emails in Google account of James Rosen who wrote about North Korea's nuclear test plans

In 2013 search and application materials were treated as scandal across party lines

Congress enacted Espionage Act in 1917

Julian Assange's charged actions mirror investigative reporting activities

Constitutionality of charges against Julian Assange was never tested because he struck a plea deal

Government has one known precedent of getting search warrant for reporting materials as part of Espionage Act leak investigation

Senator John Thune said he would expect Republicans to put forth counterproposal to respond to Democrats' demand

Measure would not pass without support from Democrats success would depend on negotiations

Press freedom organization filed disciplinary complaint with Virginia State Bar against federal prosecutor who applied for warrant last month to search home of Washington Post reporter as part of leak investigation

Omission could not have been mere oversight warrant in question was subject of national news given raids of journalists homes during investigations of alleged leaks by government personnel are unprecedented

FBI agents searched home of Washington Post reporter last month as part of investigation into government contractor's handling of classified material

Freedom of the Press Foundation cited failure of prosecutor Gordon D Kromberg to alert magistrate judge about Privacy Protection Act of 1980 which limits searches for journalistic work product

Department spokeswoman Natalie Baldassarre said Justice Department’s attorneys are going into court and vigorously defending executive branch with integrity

Letter cited comments by three law professors who specialize in legal ethics quoted in New York Times article published on Thursday

Law professors said if Kromberg knew about 1980 law he was obliged by Virginia’s rules of professional conduct to disclose existence of adverse authority in application materials he submitted so judge could evaluate how it applied

Thune said he would be open to stopgap spending measure if no deal reached by Friday

Democrats sent text for spending bill over weekend that included their demands

A leader of Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s Make America Healthy Again movement said Monday that his group would spend $1 million to help a congresswoman in Louisiana defeat Senator Bill Cassidy in a Republican primary this year

Judge Jeannette Vargas ordered the federal Department of Transportation to end a four-month suspension of funding for the tunnel

Kromberg did not respond to request for comment