The New York Times (NYT) said the Department of Justice issued subpoenas to its journalists on July 10 after the publication reported on alleged security concerns involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One.
“The appearance of Federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects,” David McCraw, the senior vice president and deputy general counsel for the NYT, said in a statement on July 11.
Journalists who received the subpoenas included Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager, and Eric Schmitt, after they published a story on July 9 stating that the Secret Service had urged Trump to use the old Air Force One to leave Turkey after the NATO summit as a security precaution. …