Democratic and Republican administrations alike have used subpoenas and court orders to obtain journalists' records in an effort to identify sources who have revealed classified information. The statement did not say whether the Justice Department would still conduct aggressive leak investigations without obtaining reporters' records. A Justice Department official claimed that Starr was not the target of an investigation. A reporter who worked for BuzzFeed, Politico and The New York Times was also subject to having their phone records obtained for their reporting on the Russia investigation. Phone records typically reveal the length and recipient of calls, but not the actual material of the conversation.

Source: Daily Mail June 05, 2021 21:11 UTC