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New York Times Files Motion to Quash Subpoenas Served on Journalists over Air Force One Coverage
The newspaper says the subpoenas were issued in bad faith and violate journalists’ constitutional rights, setting up a court fight over source protection.
- On Wednesday, The New York Times filed a motion in the Southern District of New York to quash subpoenas served on journalists who reported on security concerns involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One.
- The new aircraft, a $400 million gift from Qatar, recently entered service, though The Times reported it lacked advanced antimissile capabilities present on the older model President Donald Trump used during his NATO summit in Turkey last week.
- David McCraw, senior vice president and deputy general counsel for The Times, said the subpoenas are 'bad faith' efforts to punish the newspaper, while the Justice Department maintained that journalists are not the targets.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi rescinded previous protections against seizing journalist phone records in April 2025, though her memo stated the press remains 'presumptively entitled to advance notice' of such investigative activities.
- This dispute follows an FBI search earlier this year of a Washington Post reporter's home, marking an escalating pattern of leak investigations that press freedom advocates have condemned as government intimidation of news organizations.
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Kristeligt DagbladAvis wants to have subpoenas that journalists received after covering Air Force One flights canceled.
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New York Times files motion to quash subpoenas served on journalists over Air Force One coverage
The New York Times has filed a motion to quash subpoenas that the Justice Department served on journalists who reported on security concerns involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One, teeing up a significant court fight over press freedom and the government’s ability to force reporters to ident
·New York, United States
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Subpoenas over New York Times report on Air Force One raise press freedom concerns
Several New York Times reporters were subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury after the paper published stories raising security concerns about the new Air Force One. White House correspondent Liz Landers discusses questions the case is raising about freedom of the press with Will Creeley.
·Arlington, United States
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