Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media

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Source: New York Times

July 11, 2026, 12:10 a.m. ET


The Trump administration issued subpoenas on Friday to several journalists for The New York Times, after the news outlet reported this week on security concerns involving President Trump’s new Qatari-donated Air Force One. The subpoenas — which seek to force the reporters to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan on Wednesday — were an extraordinary escalation in President Trump’s efforts to threaten and intimidate independent news organizations.

In some cases, the subpoenas were delivered by federal agents who showed up at reporters’ homes. The Times denounced the administration’s actions.

“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,” said David McCraw, The Times’s top newsroom lawyer, in a statement on Friday evening.

“Our journalists report the facts and advance the American public’s right to know how their government is operating and their taxpayer dollars are being used,” Mr. McCraw wrote. “This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/business/media/new-york-times-trump-subpoenas.html

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[niyad]

1. I will remind the nyt that it helped create this monster.

[orangecrush]

4. Exactly

What did they expect?

[agingdem]

5. Absolutely..because the NYT higher ups hated Hillary

they repackaged a “grab them by the pussy” profanity spewing know-nothing tv clown and sold him as a serious candidate, insisting Trump, a vengeful racist thug/sexual pervert, would “grow in office” ..and a decade later they are still cleaning up his verbal vomit, referencing his lies, insults, and threats as thought-provoking political dialogue ..

Ten years ago I cancelled my subscription because of the paper’s Hillary bias..no regrets then/no regrets now..

[DemocracyForever]

10. The NYT waged war against Al Gore in 2000

and it's a war that continues to this day. Maybe if the NYT had held W to the barest standard that they're now trying to belatedly hold Trump to Bush would not have been able to get close enough in Florida to steal the 2000 election which the NYT also praised. Bush's 2000 election stealing is what made Trump possible.

[Lonestarblue]

2. The Times criticized Biden frequently but rarely criticizes Trump or reports his crazy posts.

Trump is trying to create media fawns on him and praises his every action. We already have far too many media outlets that do exactly that. I cannot imagine that a sane judge would allow this intimidation. Of course, Trump has appointed quite a few sycophant judges with warped views of the law.

[Roy Rolling]

3. (Former) NYT Subscriber

I cancelled both the NYT AND WaPo years ago when they reached toxic levels of fealty.

I am reconsidering a NYT subscription again because they seem to also deliver excellent content along with diminished MAGAt clickbait.

My point? Media outlets change and progressives should evaluate based on current reporting, not just failed past efforts—be liberal.

[KS Toronado]

6. Much like our neighbors when they switch from red to blue.

[OhioTim]

9. Of Course The Times And Post

could be sold to right wing billionaires that are ten times worse that the current owners. Like it or not, both paperers frequently criticize Trump.

[DrFunkenstein]

7. I Thought Part of Why Communists Were So Scary Was Because They Did These Things

Isn't the appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters the sort of thing communists like Trump's friend Putin would do during his time at the KGB?

I'm so confused!

[nwduke]

8. Just who are acting like communists?

Hitler Didn’t Start with Camps. He started with: Make Germany Great Again, Banning Books, Targeting the Press, Blaming Immigrants, Creating Enemies From Neighbors, Defunding the Arts, Stoking Fear of Outsiders Demonizing Educators,,,,Sound Familiar

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Trump administration subpoenas New York Times journalists who reported security concerns around new Air Force One

trump's feelings were hurt when NO ONE bought his lame story as to why he flew back in the older Air Force One. trump was told that it would take years to get the Qatari grift plane ready but did not want to wait.

Link to tweet

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/politics/new-york-times-trump-subpoenas-journalists

Four New York Times journalists who reported on security concerns surrounding a Qatari-gifted jet serving as the new Air Force One have been subpoenaed by the Justice Department, the news outlet reported early Saturday.....

The subpoenas suggest the Trump administration is trying to find out who leaked to The Times before the news organization reported this week that President Donald Trump left a NATO summit in Turkey on the old Air Force One over security concerns from the Secret Service.

The orders for the journalists to testify came after FBI Director Kash Patel met with officials at the White House on Friday to discuss the bureau’s investigation into disclosures about security concerns with the new plane, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.....

Sources told CNN that Trump has been fuming at the reports of security concerns surrounding the $400 million gift from Qatar, and was embarrassed and angry in recent days when it became public that the plane was not equipped enough to be flown directly from Turkey back home......

But CNN reported Thursday that security personnel felt more comfortable with the president aboard the older Air Force One — which was built from scratch with presidential safety in mind — rather than the plane that had recently been retrofitted after it was donated by Qatar.

Trump then switched planes at a secure US airbase in the UK. He downplayed the idea security was the reason for the switch, though sources have told CNN and other outlets that it was.