The Trump administration has subpoenaed several journalists at the New York Times following their report surrounding security concerns over the president’s new Air Force One aircraft, the paper announced.The legal action comes after the new jet, a newly retrofitted Boeing 747-8 gifted to President Donald Trump from Qatar, took its inaugural flight earlier this month.The subpoenas were issued to the journalists — identified as Eric Lipton, Julian E.Barnes, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt — on Friday and seek to require those served to testify before a grand jury in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, the paper said.NEW AIR FORCE ONE TAKES FLIGHT AS TRUMP UNVEILS REVAMPED PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFTPresident Donald Trump greets security forces members at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, Britain, after arriving to switch to the Qatari-gifted Air Force One following his participation in a NATO leaders summit in Turkey, July 8, 2026.
(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)The Times added that federal agents delivered some of the subpoenas directly to the reporters’ homes."The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects," David McCraw, the Times’ top lawyer, said in a statement.Earlier this week, Trump flew on the new aircraft to a NATO summit in Turkey, but later departed for the Mildenhall Royal Air Force Base in Suffolk, England on an older Air Force One jet.TRUMP EXPLAINS WHY HE'S FLYING OLD AIR FORCE ONE BACK TO DCPresident Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the press cabin of the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One after changing planes to return to Washington from RAF Mildenhall, Britain, July 8, 2026.(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)The Qatari-gifted plane also flew to Mildenhall, where Trump then moved to that aircraft for his flight to Joint Base Andrews.In an article published earlier this week and citing anonymous sources, the Times reported t...