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Trump’s DOJ broke policy to try to learn journalist’s sources, inspector general alleges

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The Department of Justice's inspector general alleges that the department sought journalists' records on eight journalists.

The report comes just over a month before President-elect Donald Trump is set to resume office following his election win.

The IG found that Trump ’s DOJ in his first term failed to follow policy in seeking journalists’ records.

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80

Informative language

80

Neutral language

14

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

81

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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