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CNN anchors excluded from lunch with president ahead of State of the Union

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 4, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN

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State Department removes NPR reporter from official trip

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 27, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: National Public Radio

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Government event

Chilling Statement

Media access restricted as historic impeachment trial begins

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 16, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

Fox News journalist subpoenaed for testimony in defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: September 28, 2020
Date of incident: January 7, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Malia Zimmerman (Fox News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 7, 2020: Pending

Jan. 8, 2020: Objected to

March 25, 2020: Upheld

April 22, 2020: Objected to

Sept. 28, 2020: Unknown
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Former Fox News reporter subpoenaed in defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Adam Housley (Fox News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 1, 2020: Pending

April 23, 2020: Unknown
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Trump DOJ obtained 2017 phone records of 3 Washington Post reporters

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Adam Entous (The Washington Post), Greg Miller (The Washington Post), Ellen Nakashima (The Washington Post)

Legal orders →: 2703(d) court order for communications or work product

Jan. 1, 2020: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Unknown (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

Trump Justice Department secretly obtained CNN Pentagon reporter’s email, phone records

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 1, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Barbara Starr (CNN)

Legal orders →: 2703(d) court order for communications or work product

Jan. 1, 2020: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Unknown (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

Trump Justice Department secretly obtained records of 4 New York Times reporters

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Matt Apuzzo (The New York Times), Adam Goldman (The New York Times), Eric Lichtblau (The New York Times), Michael S. Schmidt (The New York Times)

Legal orders →: 2703(d) court order for communications or work product

Jan. 1, 2020: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Unknown (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

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