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Pete Hegseth targets news outlets, leakers as defense secretary

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 26, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Haley Britzky (CNN), Media, The New York Times

Chilling Statement

Kash Patel targets press, leakers as FBI director

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 28, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Pam Bondi targets journalists, leakers as U.S. attorney general

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 25, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Tulsi Gabbard targets press, leakers as national intelligence director

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 23, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: HuffPost, Media, NBC News, The Record, The Washington Post

Chilling Statement

GOP senator implies violence would reduce ‘fake news’

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 5, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Rep. Ronny Jackson targets press as member of Congress

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 27, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: National Public Radio, PBS News

Chilling Statement

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene targets press as DOGE subcommittee chair

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 26, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: National Public Radio, PBS News

Chilling Statement

White House wrests control of presidential press pool from correspondents

Incident Details

Updated on: May 12, 2025
Date of incident: February 25, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: White House Correspondents' Association

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

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