Sen. Jeff Sessions III

During his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Jeff Sessions left open the possibility of putting reporters in jail for doing their job. His startling response came as an answer to a question by Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar:

"You've raised concerns in the past about protecting journalists from revealing their sources, and you did not support the Free Flow of Information Act. In 2015, the Attorney General revised Justice Department rules for when federal prosecutors can subpoena journalists for their records, and he also committed to releasing an annual report on any subpoenas issues, or charges made against journalists, and committed to not put reporters in jail for doing their job. If confirmed would you commit to following the standards already in place at the Justice Department, and will you make that commitment to not to put reporters in jail for doing their jobs?"

"I'm not sure," Sessions stated clearly. "I have not studied those regulations."

Sessions then noted that there is an accepted history of deference to news media, but also left the prosecution of media on the table.

"You could have a situation where the media is really not the unbiased media we see today," he said, "and they could be a mechanism through which unlawful intelligence is obtained. There are other dangers that could happen with regard to the federal government, that often doesn't happen to media covering cases in the states."

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