{"id":96175,"date":"2026-07-15T20:16:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/new-york-times-fights-to-shield-reporters-from-grand-jury-subpoenas\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T20:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:16:30","slug":"new-york-times-fights-to-shield-reporters-from-grand-jury-subpoenas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/new-york-times-fights-to-shield-reporters-from-grand-jury-subpoenas\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Fights to Shield Reporters From Grand Jury Subpoenas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The New York Times is taking legal action to prevent federal prosecutors from compelling three of its reporters to testify before a grand jury, a spokesperson for the newspaper confirmed Wednesday.<\/p>

The publication filed a court motion seeking to block the subpoenas, which stem from the journalists’ reporting on security concerns related to President Donald Trump’s new presidential aircraft \u2014 a plane donated to the United States by Qatar.<\/p>

The move signals a significant press freedom dispute between one of the country’s most prominent news organizations and federal authorities over the protection of journalists and their sources.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New York Times has gone to court to protect three of its journalists from federal grand jury subpoenas. The subpoenas are connected to the newspaper’s coverage of security concerns surrounding President Donald Trump’s new Air Force One, which was donated by Qatar. A spokesperson for the Times confirmed the legal action on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":96174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784160989965.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-p1d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":95314,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/can-the-government-force-ny-times-reporters-to-testify-in-leak-probe\/","url_meta":{"origin":96175,"position":0},"title":"Can the Government Force NY Times Reporters to Testify in Leak Probe?","author":"Admin","date":"July 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Five New York Times journalists have been subpoenaed to testify before a Manhattan federal grand jury after reporting on security concerns surrounding President Donald Trump's new Qatari-donated Air Force One. 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