DOJ Drops Subpoenas Against New York Times Reporters After Grilling by Federal Judge

The Trump administration has withdrawn subpoenas seeking the phone and text message records of New York Times journalists and their family members. The move came after a federal judge grilled federal prosecutors and threatened them with sanctions unless they withdrew the subpoenas. The Justice Department had been attempting to uncover confidential sources who spoke to the Times about security concerns over President Trump’s new Air Force One jet, donated to him by the royal family of Qatar. This comes as the Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee has issued subpoenas to the independent news site BreakThrough News, along with The People’s Forum and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. www.democracynow.org