Officials Sought Phone Records of NYT Journalists and Their Relatives in Effort to Unmask Sources
The newspaper says the requests extend to spouses and a mother, raising press freedom concerns in a leak probe over the Qatari-gifted jet.
- On Monday, the Justice Department sought phone records of New York Times journalists and their relatives to identify sources who leaked information about President Donald Trump's Qatari-gifted Air Force One.
- White House officials were reportedly angered after The Times reported Trump ditched the new jet in Europe due to missing security features; Trump claimed he used an older model for a NATO summit in Turkey.
- Lawyers for the journalists filed a motion Saturday to quash the subpoenas, which seek phone records of one reporter's mother and two spouses dating back to January 1, 2026.
- Legal counsel described the actions as an "alarming pattern of conduct" violating First Amendment protections, while the Justice Department maintains reporters are not targets but rather individuals leaking classified information.
- This aggressive legal strategy follows an FBI search of a Washington Post reporter's home earlier this year, reflecting broader tensions between the executive branch and the press since the president returned to office last year.
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President Donald Trump's administration sought to obtain the phone records of several New York Times (NYT) journalists and even some of their relatives, according to a court document released on Monday.
The Trump administration has requested the call and chat history of several journalists from The New York Times. The American newspaper reported this on Monday...
Officials sought phone records of NYT journalists, their relatives to unmask sources
NYT revealed the government's actions as part of an ongoing legal challenge to quash subpoenas that the Justice Department served on three journalists who reported on security concerns involving the jet
The free speech administration tried to get the phone records of people related to reporters
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