Let me be clear: it is a disturbing attack on the First Amendment for the Trump administration to decide who is or is not a reporter for the purposes of a criminal prosecution. Donald Trump must obey the Constitution, which protects the publication of news about our government.
BREAKING: For the first time in the history of our country, the government has brought criminal charges under the Espionage Act against a publisher for the publication of truthful information. This is a direct assault on the First Amendment... nytimes.com/2019/05/23/us/ politics/assange-indictment.html
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said in a statement: "Trump should not be using this case as a pretext to wage war on the First Amendment and go after the free press who hold the powerful accountable every day."
"This is not about Julian Assange," Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said in a statement. "This is about the use of the Espionage Act to charge a recipient and publisher of classified information. I am extremely concerned about the precedent this may set and potential dangers to the work of journalists and the First Amendment."
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