WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Loretta Lynch is repeating a pledge from her predecessor that no journalists will be sent to jail for doing their job.

The Justice Department says Lynch made the commitment during a private meeting Thursday with lawyers for media organizations.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder said last year that he would not approve of sending journalists to jail for work they do as part of their job. Lynch said Thursday that she agreed with that position and would continue to uphold that pledge.

Holder had assembled a working group of media organization representatives in response to concerns about Justice Department actions, such as issuing secret subpoenas for telephone records of Associated Press reporters and editors in a leak investigation.

The Justice Department subsequently released new guidelines for leak investigations.