Susan Kokinda, 13 July 2026
DOJ Subpoenas NY Times Journalists Who Reported National Security Secrets
The "news" about FBI Director Kash doing his job in concert with WH colleagues to investigate crimes is latest headline from NYTIMES. The real headline is the NYTMES went ahead and used leaks as excuse to put Trump's life and countless others in danger. The notorious leftist publication reported national security secrets concerning Air Force One security features despite being warned by FBI that such reporting would endanger "national security." How do I know this? Because the NYTIMES confirmed it! It is good NYTIMES reporters were immediately subpoenaed in the leak investigation. Lives are at stake.
Before The Times's first article was published, a senior official at the E.B.I. contacted a reporter and a senior editor to ask that the article be held, calling it an issue of national security. The E.B.I. official declined to explain the security issue. The official also aske The Times to disclose its sources for the article. The newspaper refused to do so.
The Conservative Treehouse
Generally speaking, CTH is against the Dept of Justice filing warrants and subpoenas against journalists. However, in this case the actions are warranted. If this was the Obama or Biden DOJ taking action against journalists, yes, CTH would support the govt side – on this specific point.
The issue surrounds four journalists for The New York Times who filed a public report that President Trump’s new Airforce One airplane did not have anti-missile defense systems at the time it was used in the trip to the 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey.
Beyond the issue of the reported leak to the media, the FBI requested the NYT not to publish their article as it would compromise the presidential security detail in a designated hostile environment. The NYT refused to withhold their reporting and did so specifically with the intent on compromising the security of a United States President. There is no circumstance where that type of journalistic motive is okay; regardless of who is President.
From the Times perspective, their report reflected an opportunity to cast snark at President Trump’s decision to convert a gifted Airforce One from Qatar. Additionally, the New York Times knew their report would put the lives of those aboard the airplane at risk. The journalists went forward specifically knowing the report could lead to a severe security compromise.
NEW YORK TIMES – The Trump administration issued subpoenas on Friday to several journalists for The New York Times, after the news outlet reported this week on security concerns involving President Trump’s new Qatari-donated Air Force One.There is a point at which severe opposition to the President needs to be moderated in the interests of national security and common sense (decency). There was/is no value in publishing the article at the time it was made public, except to compromise the security of President Trump.
The subpoenas — which seek to force the reporters to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan on Wednesday — were an extraordinary escalation in President Trump’s efforts to threaten and intimidate independent news organizations.
In some cases, the subpoenas were delivered by federal agents who showed up at reporters’ homes.
[…] “Our journalists report the facts and advance the American public’s right to know how their government is operating and their taxpayer dollars are being used,” Mr. McCraw wrote. “This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs.”
The subpoenas contain few specifics, asking only that the journalists testify “in regard to an alleged violation of federal criminal law.” They were issued by Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan. Mr. Clayton, who leads one of the country’s most prominent law enforcement offices, was recently nominated by Mr. Trump to serve as director of national intelligence.
[…] The Times reported that the new Air Force One, a Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8, lacked some of the advanced security features of the older aircraft, including antimissile capabilities. Both articles cited sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive security issues.
Before the Wednesday article was published, a senior official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation contacted The Times to ask that the article be held, calling it an issue of national security, according to a person familiar with the conversation. The F.B.I. official spoke with a reporter and a senior editor in The Times’s Washington bureau; the official declined to explain the security issue when asked. (A spokesman for The Times, Charlie Stadtlander, confirmed the account.)
The escalating resistance to President Trump from American media is increasingly, intentionally crossing a line.
The Trump administration is right to take all appropriate measures against such reporting.
To leak sensitive national defense information is to betray our warriors and put them in danger.
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) July 13, 2026
That’s why the @DEPTOFWAR and @THEJUSTICEDEPT have created a joint task force to IDENTIFY AND PROSECUTE LEAKERS. pic.twitter.com/pMqXuo21Mm
He Is on the Run No Longer
… that has been linked to over $1 billion in losses over a 5-year span - on the run since 2021 after FBI Dallas undertook a sweeping, global operation targeting fraudulent identity production operations, counterfeit device factories, transit/cargo theft rings, and more.Over the weekend the Foreign Transfer of Custody is the 23rd such removal in just the last month – a historic run for this FBI in returning and repatriating alleged criminals to face American justice.
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) July 13, 2026
The subject Abdullah Anwar is allegedly part of a money laundering network… pic.twitter.com/KIqjCxvKg1
The investigation resulted in Anwar ultimately being indicted on charges of conspiracy to transport stolen property, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. While Anwar fled the country after the indictment, thanks to our brilliant partners, CIRG personnel, and more – he is on the run no longer.
Woke AI
As I’ve said, Woke AI will do far more damage than the entirety of woke media, woke education, woke corporate, and every other woke institution combined.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 13, 2026
People will be manipulated, propagandized and transformed and they won’t even know it’s happening.
Absolute insanity. https://t.co/6mtAnRYxCY
We Will Teach the ICC the Full Meaning of American Resolve
The International Criminal Court seeks to become the unaccountable arbiter of a new global law — empowered to prosecute and arrest our citizens at will and existentially threaten American sovereignty.
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) July 13, 2026
We will teach the ICC the full meaning of American resolve. pic.twitter.com/2egHK1jA98
America never agreed to a world tribunal that can override our own courts and the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/eAncjDreqg
— Department of State (@StateDept) July 13, 2026
The Conservative Treehouse
The core of the issue is how the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been expanding its self-believed power and now seeks to become the unaccountable arbiter of a new global law system. The ICC is threatening to file charges against U.S. law enforcement who conduct border security operations and deport illegal aliens.
If it is an ideological policy of the ICC they now feel empowered to prosecute and/or arrest American citizens at will and existentially threaten American sovereignty. Recently elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is in full alignment with the intent. Once the NYPD can be replaced with U.N police, things will likely gain forward momentum.
Comrades, if you stop your 12-year-old daughter from removing her breasts, and or transitioning, you run the risk of the ICC sending Interpol officers or U.N blue helmets to arrest you. Similarly, if you refuse to give illegal aliens access to your extra bedroom, a formal ICC complaint could be filed, and the same mechanisms target your home ownership.
President Trump, 13 July 2026
WATCH IN FULL: President Donald J. Trump's interview with @foxandfriends this morning pic.twitter.com/ch4LY0m638
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 13, 2026
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 12, 2026
Tyler Robinson's Cell Phone
… Investigators then pulled records and video from that car wash showing his 2013 Dodge Challenger — plate T455CE — arriving at 12:57 PM.Tyler Robinson's cell phone had a Google Maps route stored, starting at 12:46 PM on 9/10 — about 23 minutes after Charlie was shot.
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) July 13, 2026
Start point: near the Mountain Shadows Shopping Center, ~7 min from the crime scene.
Destination: the Quick Quack Car Wash on N State St in Orem.… https://t.co/tTitmA3PZP pic.twitter.com/xZDfajNZD7
The Google Maps route and footage line up with Robinson at that location.
A second rou
te was stored at 1:33 AM on 9/11, starting near where his rifle was recovered and running straight back to his home address in St. George.
And this is one thread of a much bigger web the warrant applications point to — phone extractions, app GPS, carrier cell-site data, and subpoenaed Discord logs.
His own phone helps place him as the shooter — and we've only seen a glimpse of what it holds, surfaced in a few paragraphs of a search warrant application.
US Central Command, 12-13 July 2026
… drones in combat operations. Last night’s strikes degraded Iran’s ability to continue attacking commercial shipping.Yesterday, using multiple one-way attack surface drones, CENTCOM forces successfully struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran. Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea… pic.twitter.com/bOM2kmgRxz
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 13, 2026
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed a new wave of offensive strikes against Iran, July 12, hitting dozens of targets at multiple locations with precision munitions to degrade Iran’s ability to continue attacking international shipping flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.
CENTCOM forces struck Iranian military air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats using U.S. fighter aircraft, naval vessels, one-way attack aerial drones, and one-way attack sea drones for the first time.
The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade. Iran does not control it.
U.S. forces are postured and prepared to ensure that freedom of navigation remains available to commercial shipping despite Iran’s continued unwarranted aggression, harassment, threats, and
US Marshals Service, 13 July 2026
July 13, 2026 Update - over 15,000 arrests and over 1,700 guns taken off the streets.#USMarshals #DCSafeTaskForce #MakeDCSafeAgain pic.twitter.com/T8JgDV7g38
— U.S. Marshals Service (@USMarshalsHQ) July 13, 2026
Two Years Ago Today
… courage, & unbreakable determination for an entire nation.Fight. Fight. Fight. 🇺🇸
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 13, 2026
Two years ago today, in Butler, PA, an assassin opened fire on President Donald J. Trump.
By the grace of God, his life was spared. As he rose to his feet - blood on his face, fist raised high - that moment became an enduring symbol of resilience,… pic.twitter.com/D48KfMvH5H
Two years ago today, America came within a fraction of an inch of losing President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 13, 2026
God has miraculously spared his life repeatedly, in full view of the world. Those harrowing experiences have only strengthened his resolve.
Throughout his… pic.twitter.com/7c9DiXaEFN
… presidency, he has stood in the gap between danger and the American people, bearing burdens few could imagine.
As America celebrates 250 years of freedom, his willingness every day to endure the highest personal risk in service to our country reflects the same spirit of perseverance and devotion that defined our nation's founders.
May Almighty God continue to watch over and protect him, and bless these United States of America.