MEDIA/TRUMP ADMIN: “The Trump administration battled with CNN for half a year to obtain the email records of a reporter and insisted it all take place under an extraordinary order of secrecy, CNN’s lead attorney revealed on Wednesday [June 9, 2021]…
It’s not uncommon for a media organization to receive a subpoena from the Justice Department for reporter records and to negotiate protections for its journalists. What stands apart is the total secrecy that surrounded the order, the months-long court proceeding and the Trump administration’s unwillingness to negotiate…
It’s still unclear which investigation the records demand was connected to. Prosecutors were seeking email records from a time period when Starr reported on US military options in North Korea that were ready to be presented to Trump, as well as stories on Syria and Afghanistan.”
-Katelyn Polantz and Evan Perez, “Trump administration pursued CNN reporter’s records in months-long secret court battle,” cnn.com, June 9, 2021