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Trump calls NBC ‘fake news’ and suggests FCC should challenge its broadcast license

Incident Details

Updated on: February 1, 2018
Date of incident: October 11, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: NBC News

Chilling Statement

White House press secretary says tweets criticizing Trump are ‘a fireable offense’

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 13, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Jemele Hill (ESPN)

Chilling Statement

Attorney general considers making it easier to subpoena journalists

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 4, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

U.S. Capitol Police order journalists to delete photos, videos

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 25, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Andrew Desiderio (The Daily Beast)

Equipment broken →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

White House advisers allegedly discuss leverage over CNN

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN

Chilling Statement

Trump tweets video of him wrestling ‘CNN’

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN

Chilling Statement

FCC security guards pin reporter against wall as he tries to ask FCC commissioner a question

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 18, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: John Donnelly (CQ Roll Call)

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

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

Attorney General has repeatedly refused to rule out prosecuting or jailing journalists

Incident Details

Updated on: October 18, 2017
Date of incident: April 21, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

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