Trump Goons’ Creepy Bid to Spy on Reporter’s Mom Exposed

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The Trump administration is not just seeking phone records of The New York Times journalists, it is even trying to subpoena the records of family members, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/media/new-york-times-subpoenas-phone-records.html" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/media/new-york-times-subpoenas-phone-records.html">newly unsealed court documents reveal.

The documents show that the administration’s probe into the Times for its reporting on Trump’s Qatar-donated Air Force One jet was much more extensive than initially portrayed.

According to a letter from Times lawyers seeking to quash the requests, the Department of Justice sought information on the phone numbers of two of the journalists’ spouses, one of whom is a general counsel at a top law firm.

They also sought the phone number of one journalist’s mother, who works as a mental health professional and has “confidential client relationships.”

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