Trump defends New York Times subpoenas as judge seeks internal DOJ communications
President Donald Trump and the Justice Department struck a defiant tone Friday after prosecutors withdrew subpoenas targeting New York Times reporters in a criminal leak investigation involving Trump’s Qatari-donated Air Force One plane.“We’re not after journalists,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. The government acknowledged it “inadvertently included language” describing the investigation as nonpublic, although its existence had become public.AdvertisementThe DOJ promptly withdrew subpoenas seeking phone and text records and grand jury testimony from New York Times journalists Julian E. “And we have a long way to go with that case.”Trump made a similar argument in January 2023, after the Supreme Court could not identify the source of a leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v.
- ▪President Donald Trump and the Justice Department struck a defiant tone Friday after prosecutors withdrew subpoenas targeting New York Times reporters in a criminal leak investigation involving Trump’s Qatari-donated Air Force One plane.“We
- ▪The government acknowledged it “inadvertently included language” describing the investigation as nonpublic, although its existence had become public.AdvertisementThe DOJ promptly withdrew subpoenas seeking phone and text records and grand j
- ▪“And we have a long way to go with that case.”Trump made a similar argument in January 2023, after the Supreme Court could not identify the source of a leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v.
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President Donald Trump and the Justice Department struck a defiant tone Friday after prosecutors withdrew subpoenas targeting New York Times reporters in a criminal leak investigation involving Trump’s Qatari-donated Air Force One plane.“We’re not after journalists,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “We’re after leakers. We’re after people that are cowards, people that are unpatriotic, people that are treasonous in many cases.” Recommended Stories Trump defends New York Times subpoenas as judge seeks internal DOJ communications Police association warns Mamdani’s attacks on Netanyahu raise threats for street police during UN summit Teenager pleads guilty to all 55 counts in 2024 fatal shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of…
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