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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

Wife of Georgia county commissioner dumps drink on reporter’s head, soaking her and her equipment

Incident Details

Updated on: July 10, 2023
Date of incident: December 13, 2019
Location: Chattooga County, Georgia
Targets: Casie Bryant (AllOnGeorgia)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Equipment broken →: Computer, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Subpoena issued for journalist’s Twitter communication

Incident Details

Updated on: June 18, 2020
Date of incident: December 12, 2019
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Charles Davis (Freelance)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 12, 2019: Pending

June 18, 2020: Dropped
Legal order target →: Third-party: Twitter (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

Using obscure legal justification, NYPD subpoenas reporter's records

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 9, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: New York Post

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 9, 2019: Pending

Feb. 13, 2020: Dropped
Legal order target →: Third-party: Twitter (tech company)
Legal order venue →: State

TV stations in Washington state, Montana hit with cyberattack

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 8, 2019
Location: Multiple
Targets: Cowles Co.

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Man arrested after assaulting reporter during live broadcast

Incident Details

Updated on: September 1, 2020
Date of incident: December 7, 2019
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Targets: Alex Bozarjian (WSAV-TV)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

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