{"id":293240,"date":"2026-07-11T15:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/293240\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T15:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:25:12","slug":"new-york-times-reporters-subpoenaed-by-trump-after-air-force-one-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/293240\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times reporters subpoenaed by Trump after Air Force One report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Trump administration subpoenaed several New York Times journalists after the newspaper reported that the president swapped the White House\u2019s newly refurbished $400 million jet<\/a> gifted by the Qataris while on a trip to Turkey over a \u201csecurity precaution.\u201d<\/p>\n

The subpoenas, issued Friday, order the reporters to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The paper blasted the move as anti-free press and said it should \u201cshock the conscience.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Trump administration subpoenaed New York Times journalists following the paper\u2019s report on the security capabilities of the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One. Stewart Jack \/ SWNS<\/p>\n

It comes days after publication of the report, which questioned whether the new plane, a Boeing 747-8 featuring expansive room<\/a> and luxury finishings, had been \u201cretrofitted with sufficient security measures\u201d during the rush to get it in the air. <\/p>\n

It cited lawmakers\u2019 concerns about whether the job allowed for adding \u201can advanced missile defense system and other modifications.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report also credited the Secret Service with pushing for the swap.<\/p>\n

The subpoenas, issued by US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton, called on journalists to testify\u00a0\u201cin regard to an alleged violation of federal criminal law,\u201d according to the Times. \u00a0<\/p>\n

In an unusual move, Trump flew to the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey aboard the new aircraft for its first international trip as Air Force One, then announced he was flying home on an older model to allow US troops in Europe to view the new one.<\/p>\n

President Trump said during the trip he was No. 1 on Iran\u2019s \u201ckill list.\u201d He said the new plane, on its first international trip as Air Force One, was being diverted so US troops could get to see it. Getty Images<\/p>\n

He flew back on one of the older modified Boeing 747s, then joined the new one at Mildenhall Royal Air Force base in the UK for the final leg of his trip home.<\/p>\n

The administration, without explicitly denying security reports, said it relied on \u201cdistraction and misdirection\u201d<\/a> to contend with threats. <\/p>\n

At the same summit, Trump said he was No. 1 on Iran\u2019s \u2018kill list.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Times blasted the move as an attack on a free press. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The US Air Force estimated the retrofit would cost $400 million. Trump called the new jet the \u201cbest plane ever built.\u201d AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

It is one of several incidents where the administration has sought to force reporters to talk about reporting on unwanted leaks.<\/p>\n

In January, the FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter<\/a> as part of a leak probe into a government contractor. <\/p>\n

The Justice Department this year subpoenaed Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reporters as part of another probe, only to later withdraw them in June after the news organizations fought the move. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trump administration subpoenaed several New York Times journalists after the newspaper reported that the president swapped the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7628,9,11,10,980,15945,1069,58],"class_list":["post-293240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-air-force-one","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-times","tag-subpoenas","tag-trump","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}