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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal Employees Could Face Criminal Charges for Talking to Journalists
https://www.latintimes.com/federal-employees-could-face-criminal-charges-talking-journalists-trump-official-warns-581633A Department of Labor memo warned that speaking to press or anyone outside of the agency about agency business could lead to criminal charges.
Sent by Jihun Han, Chief of Staff to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, cautions staff against speaking to journalists.
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Federal Employees Could Face Criminal Charges for Talking to Journalists (Original Post)
SamuelTheThird
Apr 2025
OP
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom,
Ping Tung
Apr 2025
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haele
(15,041 posts)1. Really, under what law?
Fired, yes. Jail for talking that isn't actually Classified?
There's a lot of stretching of definitions of what a classified documents is - "Contract NDAs" covering information disclosure made to avoid avoid embarrassment or civil liability can't be considered Classified under a criminal code.
They're Agreements for a contract at a civil level and contestable if things fall apart. Not the actual legally bound Contract.
spanone
(140,924 posts)2. The dictator needs to be stopped. The Constitutional Crisis is NOW.
IcyPeas
(24,788 posts)3. F-E-A-R
Ping Tung
(4,126 posts)4. A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom,
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad. Albert Camus
RJ-MacReady
(603 posts)5. call that bluff