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Man shot after breaking into lobby of local TV station in Washington, D.C.

Incident Details

Updated on: July 2, 2019
Date of incident: October 22, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: WTTG

Equipment damaged →: Building, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Filmmaker arrested while covering West Virginia pipeline protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 21, 2018
Location: Beckley, West Virginia
Targets: Laura Saunders (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office
Charges →: Trespassing

Oct. 21, 2018: Charges pending

March 19, 2019: Charges dropped

Obstruction: obstructing a public officer

Oct. 21, 2018: Charges pending

March 19, 2019: Charges dropped
Detention date →: October 21, 2018
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

Trump fondly recalls how congressman Greg Gianforte body-slammed a journalist

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 18, 2018
Location: Missoula, Montana
Targets: Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)

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California orders reporters not to write about sealed search warrant

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 17, 2018
Location: Orange County, California
Targets: Media

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

Treasury employee charged with leaking details of Manafort's suspicious bank transactions to BuzzFeed News

Incident Details

Updated on: January 24, 2022
Date of incident: October 16, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

Alleged recipient of leak →: Jason Leopold (BuzzFeed News)
Charged under Espionage Act →: No

ICE subpoenas law journal editor who published copy of leaked ICE memo

Incident Details

Updated on: February 20, 2020
Date of incident: October 16, 2018
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Targets: Daniel Kowalski (Bender's Immigration Bulletin)

Legal orders →: other for communications or work product

Oct. 16, 2018: Pending

Feb. 20, 2020: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

New York Post reporter punched while interviewing homeless man

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 10, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Dean Balsamini (New York Post)

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

Judge orders LA Times not to publish descriptions of defendant in murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 10, 2018
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Los Angeles Times

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

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