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Washington Post boasts it stared down Justice Department subpoena
Fox News • • world
Key Points:
- The Washington Post revealed that the Justice Department had issued a grand jury subpoena to reporter Ellen Nakashima related to sensitive national security reporting but withdrew it after the newspaper challenged the demand in federal court.
- The Post condemned the subpoena as a violation of press freedom and affirmed its commitment to defending First Amendment rights and supporting its journalists.
- Executive Editor Matt Murray expressed strong institutional backing for press freedom and praised legal efforts to protect the newspaper’s reporters.
- Similar subpoenas were issued and subsequently withdrawn for three Wall Street Journal national security reporters, with none of the journalists testifying before the grand jury.
- The Justice Department has not commented on the matter, and the scope of the investigations prompting the subpoenas remains unclear.
