The government has withdrawn subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet.
A Justice Department lawyer, Sean Buckley, cast the government’s missteps as inadvertent errors and said: “No one was trying to pull a fast one.” Buckley apologized for other subpoenas that sought records for phone numbers belonging to one reporter’s mother and two of the journalists’ spouses.
“That was an error, judge, which we own,” Buckley said. “It was a consequence of trying to move quickly.”
“These things are starting to pile up,” Subramanian said, becoming increasingly testy.
Not only just going after the reporters in a meritless and blatant attack on First Amendment rights, but even pursuing information on a mother and spouses.
Not only just going after the reporters in a meritless and blatant attack on First Amendment rights, but even pursuing information on a mother and spouses.
Was this really an “error” or fascist behavior?
Good chance they used AI to write the subpoenas.