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Judge humiliates Trump's DOJ in key legal case

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President Donald Trump’s subpoenas of The New York Times has been widely criticized for potentially violating the First Amendment , to the point where the prosecutors trying to force out the publication’s sources on weaknesses with Trump’s Qatari-gifted jet have been threatened with losing their Bar license . Now a recent report reveals a judge presiding over that case has humiliated a prosecutor trying to win it. “The Times swiftly moved to quash the subpoenas, arguing that they were issued in a bad faith effort to harass and intimidate the journalists,” reported Lawfare's Anna Bower on Tuesday . “What’s more, the newspaper contended that the government hadn't come close to meeting the standard set out in New York Times v. Gonzales , the Second Circuit precedent establishing that prosecutors seeking a reporter's confidential sources must show, among other things, that the information can't be obtained by other means.” Bower added, “The Justice Department, in response, didn't ask the c

First report: Senate Democrats Press Blanche on Times Subpoenas — nytimes.com, 14d