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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 (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

Dec. 22, 2020: Pending

Jun. 24, 2020: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

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)

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

Dec. 22, 2020: Pending

Dec. 22, 2020: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Third-party: Proofpoint (tech company)
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Subpoena issued for Twitter communication of journalist, others

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 12, 2019
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Charles Davis (Freelance)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 12, 2019: Pending
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Using obscure legal justification, NYPD subpoenas reporter's records

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 9, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: New York Post

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 9, 2019: Pending

Feb. 13, 2020: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

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

Incident Details

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

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 22, 2019: Pending

Sep. 23, 2019: Objected to

Jul. 10, 2019: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Third-party: Dropbox (tech company)
Legal Order Venue →: State

Twitter subpoenaed for information of journalists, media outlets

Incident Details

Updated On: March 29, 2021
Date of Incident: June 6, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Cassandra Fairbanks (Gateway Pundit), Matt Couch (America First Media Group), Julian Assange (WikiLeaks), America First Media Group, Gateway Pundit, The Washington Times, WikiLeaks

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jun. 6, 2018: Pending

Mar. 29, 2021: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

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