New York Times Files Motion to Quash Subpoenas of Its Journalists

The New York Times filed a motion on Wednesday to quash subpoenas issued by the Trump administration to several of its journalists last week.

The Justice Department subpoenas, which were delivered Friday evening by federal agents who showed up at reporters’ homes, sought to compel the Times journalists to testify about their confidential sources before a federal grand jury in Manhattan. The reporters had recently published articles that disclosed security concerns about President Trump’s new Qatari-donated Air Force One jet.

In a statement on Wednesday, David McCraw, The Times’s top newsroom lawyer, called the subpoenas “abusive and improper” and said they had been “brought in bad faith to punish The Times for its coverage.”

“They violate the constitutional rights of The Times and its journalists,” Mr. McCraw wrote. “We are going to court to defend our journalists’ rights to report freely on the administration and to provide the public with stories that matter.”

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