# New York Times Moves To Quash Trump DOJ Subpoenas To Its Reporters

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/new-york-times-moves-to-quash-trump-doj-subpoenas-to-its-reporters/
- Published: 2026-07-16T14:28:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-26T16:15:55+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/07/new-york-times-trump-subpoenas-1236983928/
- Topics: Government, Politics

## Key points

- NYT seeks to quash subpoenas targeting three reporters' confidential sources.
- Case stems from reporting on new Air Force One's security gaps.
- DOJ says leakers, not journalists, are the actual target.

## Summary

The New York Times has filed a motion to quash grand jury subpoenas issued to three of its journalists, arguing the Trump administration's Justice Department is trying to unmask confidential sources in bad faith following the paper's reporting on security shortcomings of the new Air Force One. The Times says the subpoenas violate the constitutional rights of the newspaper and its reporters, and it is also seeking to have the sealed court filing made public, framing the case as a press-freedom test amid a wider administration hunt for leaks.

Journalists Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton and Eric Schmitt were summoned to testify before a grand jury in the Southern District of New York over an alleged breach of federal criminal law, after reporting that the Qatari-gifted Boeing 747-8 replacing Air Force One lacked antimissile capabilities, prompting Trump to fly the old aircraft to and from the NATO summit in Turkey. Two other reporters, Adam Goldman and Tyler Pager, were reportedly being prepared for subpoenas but never received them. The subpoenas were issued by Manhattan US attorney Jay Clayton, Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, who defended the move at his confirmation hearing without giving specifics, while a DOJ spokesperson insisted reporters were not the targets and that the focus was on those leaking classified information.

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