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Congressman Nunes alleges CNN, Daily Beast ‘committed crimes’ in reporting, says will sue

Incident Details

Updated on: April 14, 2022
Date of incident: November 24, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN, The Daily Beast

Other Incident

Fox News White House correspondent subpoenaed in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 1, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ellen Ratner (Fox News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 18, 2019: Pending

Jan. 7, 2020: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Editor says arrest is in retaliation for his reporting

Incident Details

Updated on: December 6, 2019
Date of incident: October 25, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Max Blumenthal (The Grayzone)

Other Incident

White House plans to instruct federal agencies to cancel subscriptions to two major news outlets

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Date of incident: October 24, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: The New York Times, The Washington Post

Chilling Statement

Reporter says White House senior adviser threatened to ‘delve’ into her personal life

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 23, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Caitlin Yilek (Washington Examiner)

Chilling Statement

Former House Speaker Gingrich says, if he could, he would eliminate the White House press corps

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 21, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: White House Press Corps

Chilling Statement

CBC National correspondent denied entry into United States

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Carolyn Dunn (CBC News [Canada])

Border point →: Washington, D.C.
Target nationality →: Canada
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. non-resident
Denied entry? →: Yes
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: Unknown
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

White House suspends correspondent’s press pass, reporter alleges retaliation

Incident Details

Updated on: May 10, 2022
Date of incident: August 5, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:19-cv-02514
Targets: Brian Karem (Playboy)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: White House
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list

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