'Chilling': Watchdogs fear FBI probe is cover for direct attack on 1st amendment

A coalition of 12 press freedom groups warned the FBI Wednesday that, contrary to claims by deputy director and former right-wing prosecutor Dan Bongino, a new probe into the leaked 2022 U.S. Supreme Court opinion in a landmark reproductive rights case appears aimed not at confronting "potential public corruption," but threatening constitutionally protected newsgathering activities.

Defending Rights and Dissent led a coalition including Fight for the Future and the Freedom of the Press Foundation...