DOJ Subpoenas New York Times Journalists Following Air Force One Security Report

The NYT said Trump opted against taking his Qatari-donated Air Force One over security concerns—and that a senior FBI official asked them not to publish the story.

Image: President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in flight on Air Force One on July 8, 2026.Alex Brandon/AP

 

Alex Nguyen of Mother Jones reports: “The New York Times said that at least four of its journalists received subpoenas on Friday from the Justice Department following their report on concerns over insufficient security on the new, Qatari-donated Air Force One.

The Times said that federal agents went to some of the reporters’ homes to deliver their subpoenas—an act of intimidation that David McRaw, the paper’s top newsroom lawyer, called “an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country.”

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