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Missouri attorney general subpoenas Media Matters after report on X

Incident Details

Updated on: February 10, 2025
Date of incident: March 25, 2024
Location: Jefferson City, Missouri
Case number: 1:24-cv-00147
Targets: Media Matters for America
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Legal orders →: other for communications or work product

March 25, 2024: Pending

April 15, 2024: Objected to

Aug. 22, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Colorado council member sends threatening note to local weekly over reporting

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 20, 2024
Location: Ouray, Colorado
Targets: Ouray County Plaindealer

Chilling Statement

Sacramento Bee columnist detained at pro-Palestinian protest at City Hall

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 19, 2024
Location: Sacramento, California
Targets: Robin Epley (The Sacramento Bee)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Sacramento Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Journalist, newsrooms ordered to delete articles about real estate dispute

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 13, 2024
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Eugene Volokh (The Volokh Conspiracy), Daily Mail, Law.com, Miami Herald, The Real Deal, WFOR-TV

Status of prior restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

Court blocks Trump subpoena over Stormy Daniels documentary on NBC

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 11, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: NBCUniversal

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 11, 2024: Pending

March 20, 2024: Objected to

April 5, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Freelancer forcibly removed, press badge taken at Israeli conference in NYC

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 4, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Caroline Haskins (Freelance)

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

Equipment broken →: Press identification, 1
Actor →: Private security

Former Fox News reporter held in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoena

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 29, 2024
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Catherine Herridge (Fox News)

Arrest status →: Charged without arrest
Arresting authority →: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Charges →: Contempt of court

Feb. 29, 2024: Convicted
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Police agree to pay Las Vegas paper’s legal fees in public records lawsuits

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 29, 2024
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Case number: A-20-811063 & A-20-809924
Targets: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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