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<\/a><\/p>\nPublished On 23 Jul 202623 Jul 2026<\/p>\n
Attorneys for the United States government have withdrawn subpoenas seeking to compel<\/a> three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for a story about an Air Force One jet gifted to US President Donald Trump by Qatar.<\/p>\n Judge Arun Subramanian slammed the government\u2019s lawyers for what he deemed sloppy legal work in an exchange in court on Thursday.<\/p>\n Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n \u201cSubpoenas are not the first thing you do; they are the last thing you do,\u201d an irritated Subramanian said.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you see something like this, if this were a civil proceeding, what I would normally do is ask the parties to show causes why sanctions should not be issued,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The Trump administration had sought to keep the proceedings secret as it pressured the reporters to reveal their sources for a story, a request that raised alarms for US press freedoms as the president and his allies continue to aggressively target critical media and political opponents<\/a>.<\/p>\n Such efforts, however, have largely been rejected in court. The US government recently withdrew similar subpoenas that sought to compel testimony from reporters with the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n Lawyers for the New York Times challenged the legitimacy of the grand jury subpoenas along with subpoenas for the phone records of several journalists and their relatives. The paper\u2019s managing editor and general counsel sat in the gallery during proceedings on Thursday.<\/p>\n