Press win — Freedom of the Press Foundation: Can’t punish reporting it? Punish transporting it

Dear Friend of Press Freedom: A Texas man was sentenced to decades in prison for transporting political publications. We break down what his case means for press freedom. Plus, more on Brendan Carr’s latest attack on the media and journalist Catherine Herridge’s fight to protect her confidential sources. Can’t punish reporting it? Punish transporting it We’ve often written about the bipartisan trend of criminalizing mere possession or transporting of information. This week it became more real than ever. Texas artist Daniel “Des” Sanchez Estrada was sentenced to 30 years in prison for transporting a box of leftist political pamphlets, allegedly to prevent them from being used as evidence against his wife, who attended a protest where a police officer was shot. She was sentenced to 70 years…