Lawmakers enlist Mike Pence to protect reporters from Trump administration
by Pete Kasperowicz | Dec 4, 2017, 12:01 AM
Lawmakers who fear the Trump administration is about to pressure reporters into revealing their confidential sources have an unlikely ally: Vice President Mike Pence.
Pence was in the House in 2007 when he cosponsored legislation called the Free Flow of Information Act, which was aimed at setting strict conditions for when the government can force reporters to give up their confidential sources. In a letter to lawmakers signed by Pence 10 years ago, the Indiana lawmaker stressed the importance of allowing reporters to do their work "without fear of intimidation or imprisonment."
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