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Trump calls “fake news” the “enemy of the people”

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 24, 2017
Location: Oxon Hill, Maryland
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Reporters excluded from press briefing

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 24, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: BBC News [United Kingdom], BuzzFeed News, CNN, Daily Mail, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, [New York] Daily News, Politico, The Guardian, The Hill, The New York Times

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

Journalist, graduate student stopped for secondary screening, electronic devices searched

Incident Details

Updated on: June 28, 2021
Date of incident: March 5, 2017
Location: Toronto, Canada
Case number: 1:17-cv-11730
Targets: Zainab Merchant (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

OC Weekly photographer Julie Leopo attacked at pro-Trump rally

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 25, 2017
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Targets: Julie Leopo (OC Weekly)

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

OC Weekly photographer Brian Feinzimer attacked at pro-Trump rally

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 25, 2017
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Targets: Brian Feinzimer (OC Weekly)

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

OC Weekly intern Frank Tristan attacked at pro-Trump rally

Incident Details

Updated on: April 4, 2024
Date of incident: March 25, 2017
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Targets: Frank Tristan (OC Weekly)

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

ICE denies parole to Mexican journalist seeking asylum

Incident Details

Updated on: September 13, 2017
Date of incident: March 28, 2017
Location: El Paso, Texas
Targets: Martín Méndez Pineda (Independent)

Other Incident

Trump administration calls for changing libel laws

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 30, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Egyptian talk show host slapped on the back of the neck

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 3, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Youssef al-Hosiny (Cairo Time [Egypt])

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

NY judge orders paper to delete defendant’s name from article

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 11, 2017
Location: Mineola, New York
Targets: [New York] Daily News

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

Morning Joe hosts claim that administration officials tried to use Enquirer story as leverage

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Joe Scarborough (MSNBC/MS NOW), Mika Brzezinski (MSNBC/MS NOW)

Chilling Statement

Photojournalist Nebyou Solomon arrested at Trump rally

Incident Details

Updated on: June 12, 2025
Date of incident: April 15, 2017
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Case number: 2:19-cv-00652
Targets: Nebyou Solomon (KLAS-TV)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: obstruction of a police officer

April 15, 2017: Charges pending

April 17, 2019: Charges dropped

Trespassing

April 15, 2017: Charges pending

April 17, 2019: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

The Justice Department and CIA threatens legal action against WikiLeaks for publishing

Incident Details

Updated on: November 16, 2018
Date of incident: April 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: WikiLeaks

Chilling Statement

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

Appeals court says that hearing in murder case can be secret

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Judiciary: State Court
Type of denial →: Other

TV reporter charged at by man with ax while covering eviction

Incident Details

Updated on: May 22, 2017
Date of incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Targets: Ben Hall (WTVF)

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

Photojournalist charged at by man with ax while covering eviction

Incident Details

Updated on: May 22, 2017
Date of incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Targets: Bob Stinnett (WTVF)

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

Tennessee man threatens three journalists with ax; charges later dropped

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Targets: Kevin Wisniewski (WTVF)

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

Alaska state senator slaps journalist

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 2, 2017
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Targets: Nathaniel Herz (Alaska Dispatch News)

Assailant →: Politician
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Puerto Rico Department of Justice executes search warrant against three student media outlets

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 5, 2017
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Targets: Centro de Comunicación Estudiantil, [University of Puerto Rico] Diálogo, [University of Puerto Rico] Pulso Estudiantil

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

May 5, 2017: Pending

May 6, 2017: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Facebook (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

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