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Project Veritas founder detained, phones seized amid FBI raid of his home

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 6, 2021
Location: Mamaroneck, New York
Targets: James O'Keefe (Project Veritas)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: FBI
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 2
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Legal Order Type →: Warrant

FBI drops 'unconstitutional' subpoena for USA Today readership information

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 29, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: USA Today

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

Justice Department issued secret subpoena for Guardian reporter’s phone account

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Stephanie Kirchgaessner (The Guardian)

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 →: Subpoena

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 (The New York Times), Adam Goldman (The New York Times), Eric Lichtblau (The New York Times), Michael S. Schmidt (The New York Times)

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 (The Washington Post), Greg Miller (The Washington Post), Ellen Nakashima (The Washington Post)

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

Al Jazeera’s AJ+ ordered to register as foreign agent

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 14, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: AJ+

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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 (The Washington Post), Greg Miller (The Washington Post), Ellen Nakashima (The Washington Post)

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 CNN Pentagon reporter’s email, phone records

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 1, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Barbara Starr (CNN)

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

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