Reporters are being sued – wrote about shortcomings in Trump's luxury plane

 

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Published 12:06

  

The new Air Force One, which Trump received as a gift from Qatar, is said to have been renovated for around 3.8 billion kronor. The gift has raised ethical and security concerns. Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP/TT

Several journalists at The New York Times are being sued by Donald Trump's government. This comes after the newspaper reported on security problems with the president's new plane.

When President Trump returned home from the NATO summit in Ankara this week, he traveled on an older Air Force One plane, not the donated plane from Qatar that he arrived on.

According to The New York Times, which cited sources close to the president, the change was due to security shortcomings in the new plane.

The White House denied the information and on Friday the reporters were sued.

"The fact that federal agents are showing up on the doorsteps of news reporters should shock all Americans who believe in the Constitution and the freedom of the press it protects," the newspaper's lawyer David McCraw wrote in a statement.