Incident Details
- Updated on
- November 10, 2025
- Date of incident
- August 11, 2023
- Case number
- 2:24-cv-02044
- Type of case
- Civil
- Equipment searched or seized →
- Status of equipment →
- Returned in full
- Search warrant obtained →
- No
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Incident Details
- Date of incident
- August 10, 2023
- Legal orders →
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subpoena
for
communications or work product
- Aug. 10, 2023: Pending
- Aug. 24, 2023: Objected to
- Oct. 9, 2023: Pending
- Nov. 2, 2023: Objected to
- Feb. 5, 2024: Quashed
- March 1, 2024: Objected to
- March 19, 2024: Quashed
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subpoena
for
communications or work product
- Legal order target →
- Journalist
- Legal order venue →
- Federal
Subpoena/Legal Order
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- August 8, 2023
- Assailant →
- Private individual
- Was the journalist targeted? →
- Yes
Assault
- Equipment damaged →
- Actor →
- Private individual
Equipment Damage
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- August 4, 2023
- Location
- Worcester, Massachusetts
- Targets
- Grant Smith-Ellis (Independent)
- Government agency or public official involved →
- Type of denial →
- Press credential or media list
Denial of Access
Incident Details
- Updated on
- August 31, 2023
- Date of incident
- July 31, 2023
- Targets
- George Chidi (Freelance)
- Legal orders →
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subpoena
for
other testimony
- July 31, 2023: Pending
- Aug. 31, 2023: Dropped
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subpoena
for
other testimony
- July 31, 2023: Pending
- Aug. 31, 2023: Dropped
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subpoena
for
other testimony
- Legal order target →
- Journalist
- Legal order venue →
- State
Subpoena/Legal Order
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- July 31, 2023
- Targets
- Jamie Leigh Thompson (D)
- Legal orders →
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subpoena
for
testimony about confidential source
- July 31, 2023: Pending
- Aug. 28, 2023: Objected to
- Sept. 7, 2023: Upheld
- Oct. 6, 2023: Objected to
- Jan. 9, 2024: Upheld
- Jan. 12, 2024: Dropped
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subpoena
for
testimony about confidential source
- Legal order target →
- Journalist
- Legal order venue →
- State
Subpoena/Legal Order
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- July 28, 2023
- Location
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- Status of prior restraint →
- Pending
- Mistakenly released materials? →
- No
Prior Restraint
- Equipment searched or seized →
- Status of equipment →
- In custody
- Search warrant obtained →
- No
Equipment Search or Seizure
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- July 26, 2023
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Targets
- Bob Ward (WFXT)
- Assailant →
- Private individual
- Was the journalist targeted? →
- Yes
Assault
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- July 18, 2023
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Targets
- Media
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- July 14, 2023
- Location
- Charleston, West Virginia
- Targets
- WSAZ-TV
- Status of prior restraint →
- Struck down
- Mistakenly released materials? →
- Yes
Prior Restraint
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- July 14, 2023
- Assailant →
- Private individual
- Was the journalist targeted? →
- Yes
Assault
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- July 11, 2023
- Location
- Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Assailant →
- Private individual
- Was the journalist targeted? →
- Unknown
Assault
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- July 11, 2023
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Targets
- Fox News
- Legal orders →
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subpoena
for
communications or work product
- July 11, 2023: Pending
- Aug. 11, 2023: Unknown
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subpoena
for
communications or work product
- Legal order target →
- Institution
- Legal order venue →
- Federal
Subpoena/Legal Order
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- July 10, 2023
- Location
- Los Angeles, California
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- July 6, 2023
- Location
- Cottonwood, California
- Targets
- Doni Chamberlain (A News Cafe)
- Assailant →
- Private individual
- Was the journalist targeted? →
- Yes
Assault
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- June 30, 2023
- Location
- Los Angeles, California
- Targets
- Lance Pugmire (Freelance)
- Legal orders →
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subpoena
for
testimony about confidential source
- June 30, 2023: Pending
- July 11, 2023: Objected to
- Sept. 11, 2023: Quashed
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subpoena
for
communications or work product
- June 30, 2023: Pending
- July 11, 2023: Objected to
- Sept. 11, 2023: Quashed
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subpoena
for
testimony about confidential source
- Legal order target →
- Journalist
- Legal order venue →
- State
Subpoena/Legal Order
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- June 29, 2023
- Location
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Targets
- Halle Parker (The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate), Morgan Radford (MSNBC), Timothy Puko (The Washington Post), Darryl Fears (The Washington Post), Michael Phillis (The Washington Post), Oliver Laughland (The Guardian), Anna McAllister (WGNO), Mike Smith (The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate), Bobbi-Jeanne Misick (WWNO)
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- June 26, 2023
- Targets
- John Solak (Independent)
- Assailant →
- Politician
- Was the journalist targeted? →
- Yes
Assault
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- June 22, 2023
- Location
- Los Angeles, California
- Targets
- Lance Pugmire (Freelance)
- Legal orders →
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subpoena
for
testimony about confidential source
- June 22, 2023: Pending
- July 11, 2023: Objected to
- Sept. 11, 2023: Quashed
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subpoena
for
testimony about confidential source
- Legal order target →
- Journalist
- Legal order venue →
- State
Subpoena/Legal Order
Incident Details
- Date of incident
- June 22, 2023
- Location
- Los Angeles, California
- Targets
- Lance Pugmire (Freelance)
- Legal orders →
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subpoena
for
testimony about confidential source
- June 22, 2023: Pending
- July 11, 2023: Objected to
- Sept. 11, 2023: Quashed
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subpoena
for
testimony about confidential source
- Legal order target →
- Journalist
- Legal order venue →
- State