WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., today introduced a bill to strengthen privacy protections against unreasonable government searches and seizures that could chill reporting critical of the government. The bill follows Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) raiding the home of a Washington Post reporter (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/14/washington-post-reporter-search/).
"My father was a journalist who escaped Nazi Germany. He taught me you can't have a functioning democracy without a free press," Wyden said. "Our bill sends a clear message that government agents have no business seizing the notes and electr...