Transcript for Sessions vows review of 'media subpoenas' amid ramped-up leak investigations

I'm the justice is now cracking down on intelligence at least the White House is fuming over recently released transcripts of president Trump's private conversations. With two foreign leaders attorney general Jeff Sessions spoke this morning promising to take action I'll and is it a political reporter Dave Evans is live in the newsroom with the defense exhibit. Lizards and other tribal administration has certainly been troubled by a dramatic number of leaks of classified information and the president's team claims these leaks are hurting national security. This morning the attorney general said he has seen more leaks in just the first six months of this year than in all of the last three years and he promised more FBI agents are now investigating. The president has had a number of embarrassing disclosures from his private conversations. With the leaders of Mexico and Australia being revealed. Two details of the ongoing Russian investigation being leaked to reporters. This morning Justice Department officials filed this will stop as they review policies affecting media some peanuts. So today. I have this mess is for our friends in the intelligence community. The Department of Justice is open for business and I have this morning forward they lakers don't do it. Understand this. If you improperly disclosed. Classified information. We will find you we will investigate you and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. And you will not be happy with the results. At the end of today's announcement reporters asked if this new tactic means that journalists will be prosecuted in the future but no one offered any kind of an answer. The president as we've heard he leaves this afternoon for bed minister New Jersey where it'll be on vacation for seventeen days.

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