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Officials sought phone records of NYT journalists and their relatives in effort to unmask sources

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Officials sought phone records of NYT journalists and their relatives in effort to unmask sources

A court document says President Donald Trump's administration sought New York Times journalists’ phone records and even those of some of their relatives in an attempt to unmask the confidential sources of reporters who wrote about Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet.

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A court document says President Donald Trump's administration sought New York Times journalists’ phone records and even those of some of their relatives in an attempt to unmask the confidential sources of reporters who wrote about Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet.

A court document shows the lengths the White House went in an attempt to unmask the confidential sources of reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One.

The Seattle Times reported the story as "Officials sought phone records of NYT journalists and their relatives in an effort to unmask sources."

2 sources have covered this story, including The Seattle Times and The Independent. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 12 hours ago.

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