subpoena

“You can’t beat the response time, the knowledge, the advice, the willingness to take this on.”

The Trump administration’s efforts to intrude into reporter-source relationships is more sweeping than we originally thought.

Fenit Nirappil worked for the Medill Innocence Project nine years ago. He’s now being subpoenaed for his sources, school work.

“Whenever the government seeks to obtain records of journalists’ communications, it raises serious First Amendment concerns."

“These subpoenas are an attempt to intimidate journalists and silence their sources, and the court should immediately dismiss them.”

In June, RCFP supported the news outlets’ fight against the subpoena, arguing that it violated Washington’s shield law, First Amendment.

RCFP’s brief opposes a subpoena that would force Seattle news outlets to turn over video, photographs of a protest.

The NYPD ultimately withdrew its demand, but the department’s initial overreach raises serious concerns for journalists.