DOJ drops NYT subpoenas after judge grills prosecutors
Federal prosecutors wanted New York Times reporters to hand over phone records and testify, but one federal judge wasn't having it.
The DOJ was set on prying into who New York Times journalists were talking to, demanding phone records and grand jury testimony. Then a federal judge started asking actual questions about press freedom and basic constitutional limits.
Under intense pressure from the bench, prosecutors suddenly folded and dropped the subpoenas entirely.
Turns out demanding reporters' phone logs looks a lot less heroic when a federal judge forces prosecutors to explain the logic out loud.
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