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Why is Trump and Co. Weaponizing the narrative when this was done before with Roe V. Wade?

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3820896-white-house-blasts-trump-for-calling-to-jail-journalists-who-broke-draft-abortion-decision/
White House blasts Trump for calling to jail journalists who broke draft abortion

The White House on Friday said that former President Trump calling for the jailing of the journalists who published a leaked draft opinion showing the Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade is an insult to the rule of law.

“The freedom of the press is part of the bedrock of American democracy. Calling for egregious abuses of power in order to suppress the Constitutional rights of reporters is an insult to the rule of law and undermines fundamental American values and traditions,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said.


He added that the views held by Trump, without naming him by name, are not part of who the United States is as a country.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/original-roe-v-wade-ruling-was-leaked-to-the-press-and-we-know-who-did-it/ar-AA16wUQ5
Original Roe v. Wade ruling was leaked to the press — and we know who did it

The Supreme Court announced Thursday that it could not determine who leaked a draft of its landmark opinion last year overturning Roe v. Wade.

In May, Politico published a draft of Justice Samuel A. Alito’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The draft closely resembled the decision the court issued weeks later, prompting an internal investigation.

But this wasn’t the first leak of a ruling involving Roe. The original Roe v. Wade decision was leaked in 1973. And we know exactly who leaked it.

Larry Hammond, a Supreme Court clerk at the time, leaked the ruling to a Time magazine reporter in January 1973. The issue of Time, with an article titled “The Sexes: Abortion on Demand,” appeared on newsstands hours before the decision was announced by Justice Harry Blackmun.

Why is Trump and Co. Weaponizing the narrative when this was done before with Roe V. Wade?
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