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Subpoena for CNN footage quashed in criminal case against Capitol rioter

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 25, 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Quashed

Documentarian subpoenaed by House Committee investigating Jan. 6 riot

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 15, 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Alex Holder (AJH Media Group)

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Carried out

Documentary filmmaker subpoenaed by House Committee investigating Jan. 6 riot

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 5, 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Nick Quested (Goldcrest Films)

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Carried out

Subpoena withdrawn for former NYT reporter in trial of Clinton campaign lawyer

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Eric Lichtblau (The New York Times)

Subpoena Type →: Other testimony
Subpoena Status →: Dropped

As many as 20 journalists investigated by secretive CBP division

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 11, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ali Watkins (Politico), Arianna Huffington (HuffPost), Martha Mendoza (The Associated Press), Media, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal

Chilling Statement

Freelance journalist sues following House Committee’s subpoena of her phone records

Incident Details

Updated On: December 5, 2022
Date of Incident: November 24, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:21-cv-03290
Targets: Amy Harris (Freelance)
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Dropped
Third Party in Possession of Communications →: Verizon
Third Party Business →: Telecom company
Legal Order Type →: Subpoena

Cameraman and journalist for Polish TV station chased from DC’s Lafayette park during protest for Cuba

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 26, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Marcin Wyszogrodzki (TVN Discovery)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Journalists for Polish news station were assaulted, chased out of DC’s Lafayette Square park during Cuba protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 26, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Marcin Wrona (TVN Discovery)

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

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