Turning the government’s power to his own ends

He had federal agents subpoena reporters at their homes over a news story.

After New York Times reporters wrote about security gaps in the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One, the Justice Department subpoenaed them to a grand jury and sought their phone records, with agents delivering some subpoenas to reporters' homes. His attorney general had first rescinded the policy protecting journalists' records in leak investigations.

SourcesThe subpoenas, PBS · The escalation, and the rescinded press protections (AP via ABC7)

He had federal agents subpoena reporters at their homes over a news story.
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