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Justice Department attempted to seize email records of 4 New York Times reporters

Incident Details

Date of Incident
January 5, 2021
Location
Washington, District of Columbia
Targets
Matt Apuzzo for The New York Times, Adam Goldman for The New York Times, Eric Lichtblau for The New York Times, Michael S. Schmidt for The New York Times

Subpoena/Legal Order

Subpoena Type →
Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →
Dropped
Third Party in Possession of Communications →
Google
Third Party Business →
Tech company
Legal Order Type →
2703(d) court order

Justice Department attempted to seize email records of 3 Washington Post reporters

Incident Details

Date of Incident
December 22, 2020
Location
Washington, District of Columbia
Targets
Adam Entous for The Washington Post, Greg Miller for The Washington Post, Ellen Nakashima for The Washington Post

Subpoena/Legal Order

Subpoena Type →
Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →
Dropped
Third Party in Possession of Communications →
Proofpoint
Third Party Business →
Tech company
Legal Order Type →
2703(d) court order

Trump DoJ obtained 2017 phone records of 3 Washington Post reporters

Incident Details

Date of Incident
January 2020
Location
Washington, District of Columbia
Targets
Adam Entous for The Washington Post, Greg Miller for The Washington Post, Ellen Nakashima for The Washington Post

Subpoena/Legal Order

Subpoena Type →
Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →
Carried out
Third Party in Possession of Communications →
Unknown
Third Party Business →
Telecom company
Legal Order Type →
2703(d) court order

Trump Justice Department secretly obtained phone records of 4 New York Times reporters

Incident Details

Date of Incident
January 2020
Location
Washington, District of Columbia
Targets
Matt Apuzzo for The New York Times, Adam Goldman for The New York Times, Eric Lichtblau for The New York Times, Michael S. Schmidt for The New York Times

Subpoena/Legal Order

Subpoena Type →
Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →
Carried out
Third Party Business →
Telecom company
Legal Order Type →
2703(d) court order
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