The free speech administration tried to get the phone records of people related to reporters
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Looks like it’s time for another round of the TWITTER FILES:
The Trump administration sought phone records tied to relatives of New York Times reporters earlier this month in its effort to identify the journalists’ sources, according to a letter the Times submitted to a federal judge that was unsealed Monday.
The subpoenas for phone records were served beginning July 10, the same day three Times reporters received subpoenas to testify before a grand jury. Those reporters had worked on stories in the days prior about security concerns involving a jet gifted to the U.S. by the Qatari government that was being used as Air Force One.
The Times’s lawyers filed the letter Saturday, amending a motion to quash the reporter subpoenas. The news organization also asked Judge Arun Subramanian to quash the subpoenas of the phone providers.
The government sought phone records for numbers it believed to be associated with the journalists, according to the letter. Those included the number used by a mother of one of the journalists, who is a mental-health professional with confidential client relationships, the letter said. Other numbers were used by two journalists’ spouses, one of whom is the general counsel of a major law firm.
The Times lawyers said the requests for phone records “demonstrate abuse of the grand jury process, continued bad-faith attacks on the journalists” and violate Justice Department regulations.
“Any subpoena issued by the Department of Justice is done so in full compliance with federal law and internal Department policy,” a Justice Department spokesperson said Monday.
The Trump administration has expressed animosity toward many media outlets and in recent months intensified its efforts to stop leaks from federal officials.
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents served subpoenas to journalists Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton and Eric Schmitt in their homes on July 10, demanding they appear before a grand jury in the Southern District of New York and disclose confidential sources. The administration also attempted to serve subpoenas to Tyler Pager and Adam Goldman but didn’t ultimately do so.
I’m guessing that some reporters who were bored by the Biden administration and were looking forward to getting more juicy stories are reconsidering.