"The Wall Street Journal received grand jury subpoenas dated March 4 for records of Journal reporters. The request related to a Feb. 23 article that reported that Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and others at the Pentagon warned the president about the risks of an extended military campaign against Iran. Other news outlets, including Axios and the Washington Post, published similar stories that day. Trump launched the war five days later, on Feb. 28."
"In a statement, Ashok Sinha, the chief communications officer of Dow Jones, which publishes the Journal, said: "The government's subpoenas to The Wall Street Journal and our reporters represent an attack on constitutionally protected newsgathering. We will vigorously oppose this effort to stifle and intimidate essential reporting." Representatives of the Washington Post and Axios declined to comment."
"Last month, officials said, Trump was specifically angry about an April 7 article in the New York Times that outlined how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pitched Trump on bombing Iran. That reporting provided vivid detail about senior-staff meetings on the topic, including ones in the secretive Situation Room. It described how U.S. intelligence officials skeptically viewed Netanyahu's argument for a war that would end in regime change."
"In recent months, prosecutors have sent subpoenas to media organizations as well as to email and phone providers seeking information in leak inquiries, according to people familiar with the requests."
The Wall Street Journal received grand jury subpoenas dated March 4 seeking records of Journal reporters. The request related to a Feb. 23 report stating Gen. Dan Caine and others at the Pentagon warned the president about risks of an extended military campaign against Iran. Similar stories appeared the same day in other outlets. Trump launched the war five days later, on Feb. 28. Dow Jones said the subpoenas represent an attack on constitutionally protected newsgathering and that it would oppose efforts to stifle and intimidate reporting. Other outlets declined to comment. Prosecutors have also issued subpoenas to media organizations and to email and phone providers in leak inquiries.
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