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Subpoena for WCAX-TV footage of police shooting quashed; decision unsealed more than a year later

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 17, 2018
Location: Burlington, Vermont
Targets: WCAX-TV

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 17, 2018: Pending

Jan. 26, 2018: Objected to

Feb. 16, 2018: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

White House aides shout down CNN’s Jim Acosta as he questions President Trump

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 16, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Jim Acosta (CNN)

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

Trump vows to take a ‘strong look’ at libel laws

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 10, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

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President Trump tries to stop release of journalist’s book ‘Fire and Fury’

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 4, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Michael Wolff (Independent), Henry Holt & Company

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Photojournalist stopped for secondary screening at CBP preclearance in Canada

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 28, 2017
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Targets: John Rudoff (Independent)

Border point →: Vancouver International Airport
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: No

Berkeleyside reporter Emilie Raguso subpoenaed to testify in criminal trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Emilie Raguso (Berkeleyside)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Dec. 15, 2017: Pending

Dec. 27, 2017: Objected to

Jan. 2, 2018: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Citizen journalist arrested for publishing information before local police

Incident Details

Updated on: April 8, 2025
Date of incident: December 13, 2017
Location: Laredo, Texas
Case number: 5:19-cv-00048
Targets: Priscilla Villarreal (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Laredo Police Department
Charges →: Misuse of official information

Dec. 13, 2017: Charges pending

March 28, 2018: Charges dropped

Misuse of official information

Dec. 13, 2017: Charges pending

March 28, 2018: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Legal orders →: warrant for other

Dec. 5, 2017: Pending

Dec. 13, 2017: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Roy Moore campaign bans Washington Post reporters from election watch party

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 12, 2017
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Targets: The Washington Post

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