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Attorney General Eric H Holder Jr issued rule barring investigators from portraying reporters as criminals to circumvent Privacy Protection Act's ban unless they intended to bring charges

Attorney General Pam Bondi rescinded that rule last year

The president has overseen a sweeping immigration crackdown since his return to office last year which has drawn public outrage and deported more than 600000 people

Federal government is set to release latest monthly hiring numbers this week

They also agreed to reaffirm commitment to signing treaty that would end four decades of war between two countries

Another legal issue related to search and Privacy Protection Act is untested First Amendment question whether ordinary news-gathering activity can constitutionally be turned into criminal offense by statute

Justice Department charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under Espionage Act in first Trump term

Natanson who covers federal bureaucracy wrote in December that 1169 officials across executive branch reached out to her during first year of President Trump’s second term

Statute also says act of possessing material itself cannot be criminal offense by reporter but lists two exceptions law against child sexual abuse imagery or Espionage Act which criminalizes unauthorized retention and dissemination of national security information

Privacy Protection Act says it shall be unlawful for government to search for and seize journalistic work product unless reporter is personally suspected of committing crime to which materials relate

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

In search of home of Post reporter Hannah Natanson Justice Department was conducting Espionage Act investigation into Aurelio Perez-Lugones government contractor accused of leaking classified information to her

Warrant was approved by William B Porter magistrate judge in Eastern District of Virginia

Lawyers for The Post and Natanson filed lawsuit demanding return of her devices and data

2010 materials argued searching Mr Rosen's email account fell within act's exception for when reporter is suspected of crime