The US Department of Justice has withdrawn subpoenas against journalists of The New York Times daily in a dispute over their sources for reports on the presidential plane. The decision came after a hearing at a court in Manhattan and marks a retreat by President Donald Trump's administration in a case that sparked debate about press freedom in the United States. n-tv ↗
The case concerns articles about the plane that Qatar gifted to Trump, which was meant to serve as Air Force One. The newspaper reported on security concerns associated with this aircraft. American authorities subsequently attempted to obtain the phone records of the journalists, and according to earlier court documents, also of some of their relatives, in order to identify confidential sources of information. Die Zeit ↗
The New York Times objected that the Justice Department's actions endangered the protection of journalistic sources and the work of the media. Critics of the administration also claimed that the subpoenas could have served as pressure on the media following the publication of information unpleasant for the White House. n-tv ↗
The withdrawal of the subpoenas for now halts the authorities' effort to force the disclosure of sources in this part of the dispute. However, the case remains part of a broader debate about the limits of investigating information leaks and about how far the government can go in obtaining data from journalists and those around them. Der Standard ↗
US withdraws subpoenas of New York Times journalists
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