Trump administration sought phone records of New York Times journalists and their relatives

The Trump administration sought phone records of several New York Times journalists and some of their relatives to unmask confidential sources. This aggressive effort involved additional subpoenas and occurred long before reporters wrote about the president's Air Force One jet from Qatar. These actions took place during a period of increasingly contentious relations between the executive branch and the press, as detailed in a letter-motion filed by the New York Times and unsealed on Monday.