Mon Nov 15, 2021 – 4:45 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Conservatives are accusing the Biden FBI of illegally leaking privileged communications from Project Veritas to the New York Times, at a time when the conservative investigative outlet is suing the left-wing newspaper for defamation.
On November 11, the Times published an article accusing Project Veritas of occupying a “gray area between investigative journalism and political spying,” and purports to back up that thesis by citing “internal documents obtained by The New York Times,” “a series of memos written by the group’s lawyer” regarding how to ensure its undercover operations, which entail journalists misrepresenting themselves and surreptitiously recording subjects, remain on the right side of the law.
The Times’ publication of privileged attorney-client communications sparked outrage among conservative legal analysts, as well as disturbing questions as to how the Times obtained those communications in the first place.
These are classic privileged communications
PV asked for a legal opinion on potential journalistic activities, that opinion is a privileged communication
No idea what @adamgoldmanNYT was thinking here, he should be subpoenaed tomorrow and forced to reveal his criminal source
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) November 12, 2021
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