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The Trump administration isn't just investigating alleged crimes.

It’s aggressively pursuing the sources behind the stories, using the legal system as a blunt instrument to stop the flow of information.

Find the full story in our monthly newsletter: https://t.co/9j8ZbFveZf

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Burke’s suit alleges that the government knowingly pursued these warrants, as well as that used to raid his home and office on May 8, 2023, in violation of the Privacy Protect Act, a law meant to shield journalists from government searches and seizures.
https://t.co/8g0EO6qODS

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A new lawsuit revealed that the federal government secretly obtained an extensive warrant in February 2023 for investigative journalist Tim Burke’s Twitter account, including his direct messages and copies of every tweet he created, drafted or retweeted. https://t.co/7vCcjuydgF

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A second subpoena was obtained on May 5, 2023, for two Google accounts belonging to Burke, demanding the tech company turn over all emails sent to and from the addresses, as well as all contacts, calendar entries, pictures, and his search history. https://t.co/GtTECShakz

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On Sunday, the White House blocked @politico from traveling aboard Air Force One, amid a lawsuit over presidential access for the outlet and other news organizations.

Politico was scheduled to serve as the primary print outlet in the travel pool.
https://t.co/GX8xoeBvcy

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On Sunday, the White House blocked @politico from traveling with President Trump aboard AF1, amid a lawsuit over presidential access for the outlet and other news orgs.

Politico was scheduled to serve as the primary print outlet in the travel pool.
https://t.co/GX8xoeBvcy

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Happening now at a federal court in New York: a hearing in our lawsuit against President Trump.

FPF, @TheIntercept sued Trump and aides Natalie Harp and Dan Scavino over a scheme to sell early access to his Truth Social posts for up to $100,000 a month.

Here’s what’s at stake👇

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A former editor of the student newspaper at @UT_Dallas sued the school on First Amendment grounds Sept. 16 after he was fired and suspended over an editor’s note in The Mercury addressing charges of antisemitism at the school. https://t.co/OcJkCBXKjP

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A Louisiana court official demanded on Sept. 10 that @WWLTV remove personal information about a judge from a published TV report.

The next day, the judge filed a criminal complaint against the station, citing a state law that had recently been repealed:
https://t.co/5yc7MWbOu9

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Joe Sokol, a reporter for @TheMaineWire, was allegedly almost hit by a car while reporting near a Bangor, Maine, drug treatment center on Oct. 1.

The driver was arrested on four counts, including two felonies, the next day. https://t.co/vkt0miPRzA

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Update: An assault charge against a man who shoved @TheMaineWire’s Joe Sokol at a July anti-Trump rally in Bangor, Maine, was dismissed Sept. 16:
https://t.co/ZbJd8MEyoz

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Update: Amid an escalating battle over @CNN’s access to the president, the White House yesterday said it would block the network from traveling with Trump on Air Force One again, this time for a campaign swing today to Oklahoma and Texas:
https://t.co/oQk0f2X4Ot

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Explore how the administration’s banning of @CNN, @MSNOWNews, and @politico from the White House fits into the president’s pattern of attacks on the press.

This and more in this month’s newsletter from managing editor Kirstin McCudden:
https://t.co/L0HPSiE8lK

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Journalist Luis Galeano was released from @ICEGov custody in Miami on Sept. 26.

Galeano faced persecution over his reporting in Nicaragua and has a pending asylum application.
https://t.co/3Y0vxRRBPR

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Just days after a judge temporarily reversed a White House access ban, @CNN was excluded from Air Force One and the television pool that covered President Donald Trump’s Saturday trip to a college football game in Tennessee.
https://t.co/oQk0f2WwYV

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Eye on Cherokee reporter Sal Insinga was assaulted while covering a Sept. 11 protest in Cedartown, Georgia, over the police shooting of HeeHaw, a pet donkey.

Insinga’s equipment was damaged, and a man was arrested and faces a charge of disorderly conduct.
https://t.co/nSVLjD653T

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Update: An Iowa judge dismissed President Trump’s consumer fraud lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register, ruling that a faulty poll was protected speech.
https://t.co/IvzHd9E0S8

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BREAKING: Journalists from @CNN, @MSNOWNews and @Politico regained access to the White House today, after the Trump administration this morning disregarded a judge’s overnight order to restore their credentials and instead initially denied them entry.
https://t.co/w2GqZkhdBC

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BREAKING: A federal judge ruled today that @CNN, @MSNOWNews and @Politico can temporarily recover press access to the White House, days after President Trump banned them.

But the administration defied the order, denying journalists entry this morning.
https://t.co/w2GqZkhLra

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The Florida Senate ordered @SunSentinel and @OrlandoSentinel to destroy a report they obtained through a public records request.

The Senate’s Sept. 15 letter warned that refusing to shred the document could lead to “civil or criminal legal implications.” https://t.co/9HzgIpqDwg

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"Overstayed his welcome": The Trump administration is ramping up its hostile environment for journalists, from American streets to the corridors of the White House.

Originally published in @CJR: https://t.co/TjS9QV2Alj