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The Trump administration isn't just investigating alleged crimes.
Itās aggressively pursuing the sources behind the stories, using the legal system as a blunt instrument to stop the flow of information.
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As the midterm election season came to a close, journalists from across the country were kicked out of or blocked from reporting at election night watch parties by campaigns on both sides of the political aisle.
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Top general Brett Sylvia was fired last week for allegedly leaking classified defense information to reporters at @nytimes and @wsj.
The Pentagon announced that the matter has been referred to the Justice Department for prosecution. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-iā¦
Update: A judge on Saturday permanently tossed Trumpās defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal for a 2025 article on a birthday letter he allegedly sent Jeffrey Epstein.
The judge wrote Trumpās amended complaint was āgrasping at straws.ā
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Voters may punish Donald Trump at the polls this week. But he has already shattered the norms of political journalism. cjr.org/the_media_today/letsā¦
Former FBI Director James Comey was charged by federal prosecutors Oct. 5 with releasing defense information to @nytimes 10 years prior. The alleged violations of the Espionage Act are punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
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Update: A former LA County sheriff was granted qualified immunity by an appeals panel Oct. 21 in a federal suit brought by livestreamer Hugo Padilla over alleged use of force during 2020 racial justice protests in California.
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Update: @Politico and @CNN argued in an amended complaint over White House bans filed Wednesday that repeated exclusions from Air Force One represent a further violation of their First Amendment and due process rights.
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In an amended complaint filed Wednesday, @CNN, @MSNOWNews and @Politico expanded their suit against the White Houseās press ban and demanded injunctive relief for repeated denials of access to Air Force One during President Trumpās campaign-related travel.
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The misdemeanor obstruction charge against independent journalist Aaron Johnson, who was cited after filming police activity in St. Paul, MN, was dismissed by a judge Oct. 8.
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Johnson was filming a law enforcement operation July 14 when an officer shoved him to the ground, leaving him injured and shattering his camera screen and lens.
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Carlitos Ricardo Pariasā family seeks $50M over his ICE detention, exiled Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano is granted U.S. asylum, and reporter Estefany RodrĆguezās legal fight over retaliation.
More in this monthās newsletter from Kirstin McCudden:
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Update: The @OhioState researcher who assaulted documentarian Michael Newman in Columbus earlier this year resigned Friday.
He had been recommended for firing by a university committee, as well as sentenced to two yearsā probation.
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The @FloridaGOP on Oct. 21 dropped its suit against a dozen Florida broadcast stations over the airing of an election ad referencing an expunged grand jury report.
A judge had denied the immediate pulling of the ad a day before:
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The FBI last Friday arrested a U.S. government contractor charged with leaking top-secret information to a journalist who published it in her Substack.
Ian Brinksman, the contractor, was said to be romantically involved with the reporter at the time.
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An immigration judge granted political asylum to Spanish-language journalist Luis Galeano, arrested by @ICEGov in September and held in detention in Florida for nearly two weeks.
Galeano faced persecution for his reporting in Nicaragua.
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LA journalist Carlitos Ricardo Parias filed a $50M claim against the federal government on Oct. 20, following his violent arrest in 2025 and ongoing immigration detention.
Pariasā lawyer indicated that a lawsuit was forthcoming.
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An LAPD officer shoved photojournalist Christopher Almaraz into the street as he covered a āNo Kingsā protest in Los Angeles on Oct. 17, then accused him of participating despite his visible press markings. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-iā¦
Photojournalist Cassandra Church was shoved by an LAPD sergeant, who also accused her of participating in the protest.
A police helicopter later tracked the journalists with a spotlight as they left the area. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-iā¦
The White House sent a letter Monday to @Politico, demanding that the news outlet retract and apologize for three articles published last week or else āface the consequencesā for reporting āfanciful fiction.ā pressfreedomtracker.us/all-iā¦
