New York Times files motion to quash subpoenas of its journalists

The Justice Department is seeking to compel grand jury testimony as part of an investigation into Times reporting on the president’s new Air Force One jet

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The New York Times filed a motion on Wednesday to quash subpoenas issued by the Trump administration to several of its journalists last week.

The Justice Department subpoenas, which were delivered Friday evening by federal agents who showed up at reporters’ homes, sought to compel the Times journalists to testify about their confidential sources before a federal grand jury in Manhattan. The reporters had recently published articles that disclosed security concerns about President Trump’s new Qatari-donated Air Force One jet.

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