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Reporters excluded from press briefing

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Date of Incident: February 24, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: BBC News, BuzzFeed News, CNN, Daily Mail, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, Politico, The Guardian, The Hill, The New York Times

Government agency or public official involved →: White House Press Secretary

New York Times editor testifies in defamation suit brought by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin

Incident Details

Updated On: February 15, 2022
Date of Incident: August 10, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: The New York Times

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DOJ secretly seizes phone and email records belonging to New York Times reporter Ali Watkins

Incident Details

Updated On: June 13, 2018
Date of Incident: February 13, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ali Watkins (The New York Times)

Legal Orders →: other for communications or work product

Feb. 13, 2018: Pending
Legal Order Target →: Third-party: Google (tech company)
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

New York Times reporter subpoenaed to testify in murder trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 27, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Frances Robles (The New York Times)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 1, 2016: Pending

Jan. 1, 2016: Objected to

Apr. 23, 2016: Quashed

Jun. 27, 2018: Upheld

subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 1, 2016: Pending

Jan. 1, 2016: Objected to

Apr. 23, 2016: Quashed

Jun. 27, 2018: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Trump tells DOJ to investigate author of anonymous op-ed criticizing him

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 7, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: The New York Times

Chilling Statement

New York Times reports that conservative operatives are compiling dossiers on journalists

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 25, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: The New York Times

Chilling Statement

White House plans to instruct federal agencies to cancel subscriptions to two major news outlets

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 24, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: The New York Times, The Washington Post

Chilling Statement

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

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 2020
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)

Legal Orders →: 2703(d) court order for communications or work product

Jan. 1, 2020: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Third-party: Unknown (telecom company)
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

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