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New York Times Files Motion to Quash Subpoenas of Its Journalists

HeadlineJul 16, 2026

The New York Times filed a motion to quash subpoenas that Jay Clayton and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan served on its journalists after they reported on security concerns involving President Trump’s new plane donated to him by Qatar. In a statement, the Times’s Senior Vice President David McCraw said, “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.” The subpoenas were delivered to four Times journalists at their homes last Friday to testify before a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York.

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