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WCAX-TV subpoenaed in Vermont criminal trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 20, 2020
Location: Burlington, Vermont
Targets: WCAX-TV

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

Vermont Judiciary sets new rules on recording in courtrooms, registering as media

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 3, 2019
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Targets: Media

Politicians or Public Figures Involved →: Vermont Judiciary

Subpoena for WCAX-TV footage of police shooting quashed; decision unsealed more than a year later

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 17, 2018
Location: Burlington, Vermont
Targets: WCAX-TV

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

Photojournalist detained at US-Canadian border ordered to delete images on camera

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 4, 2017
Location: Highgate, Vermont
Targets: Terry J. Allen (In These Times)

Border Point →: Highgate Springs Port of Entry
Stopped at border? →: Yes
Target Nationality →: United States
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. citizen
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked to display social media? →: No
Asked for social media passwords? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: No
Were devices searched or seized? →: Yes

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Equipment Damage

Journalist stopped for secondary screening, cellphone searched

Incident Details

Updated On: June 28, 2021
Date of Incident: July 30, 2017
Location: Highgate Springs, Vermont
Case number: 1:17-cv-11730
Targets: Isma’il Kushkush
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Border Point →: Highgate Springs Port of Entry
Stopped at border? →: Yes
Target Nationality →: Sudan

United States
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. citizen
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked to display social media? →: Unknown
Asked for social media passwords? →: Unknown
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes
Were devices searched or seized? →: Yes

Search Warrant Obtained →: No