“I have concluded that it is necessary to rescind Merrick Garland’s policies precluding the Department of Justice from seeking records and compelling testimony from members of the news media in order to identify and punish the source of improper leaks,” Bondi wrote in an internal memo obtained by Axios.
Bondi’s announcement comes as several federal agencies have been beset by constant — and often embarrassing — leaks.
You just gotta love how these people heard this phrase in courts and thought: “It sounds so official, I’ll use that too!” yet they somehow completely missed that that was always prefixed with a huge list of factual reasons why they have come to that conclusion
“But why is it necessary?”
“I concluded it. Didn’t you hear me?” <Makes a note to subpoena this annoying questioner later>
“I didn’t say it. I declared it.”