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Illinois Township Sought Takedown of Watchdog Group’s YouTube Video

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Date of Incident: March 16, 2018
Location: Algonquin Township, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

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Subpoena issued for contents of Illinois government watchdog’s Dropbox account

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 23, 2019
Location: Algonquin Township, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

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

Subpoena issued for Illinois-based government watchdog’s communications

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 19, 2019
Location: Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

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

Second subpoena issued for content of Illinois watchdog’s Dropbox account

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Updated On: July 10, 2019
Date of Incident: February 22, 2019
Location: Algonquin Township, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Quashed
Third Party in Possession of Communications →: Dropbox
Third Party Business →: Tech company
Legal Order Type →: Subpoena

Subpoenas seeking Illinois-based government watchdog’s communications and documents dropped

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 27, 2019
Location: Effingham County, Illinois
Targets: Kirk Allen (Edgar County Watchdogs), Edgar County Watchdogs

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

Subpoena issued for watchdog blog’s documents, communications

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Date of Incident: February 7, 2020
Location: Stark County, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

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

Illinois county drops subpoena for government watchdog’s communications

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Date of Incident: March 25, 2020
Location: Effingham County, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

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

Illinois mayor threatens journalist for taking pictures, video on public street

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Date of Incident: March 26, 2020
Location: Bellmont, Illinois
Targets: John Kraft (Edgar County Watchdogs)

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