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