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riversedge

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Fri Apr 24, 2026, 05:05 AM Friday

the FBI launched a stalking investigation into a New York Times journalist simply for exposing how Director Kash Patel u




The Trump administration is actively weaponizing federal agencies against the press. MS NOW reports the FBI launched a stalking investigation into a New York Times journalist simply for exposing how Director Kash Patel uses elite SWAT teams to run errands for his girlfriend.


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Top NYT Investigative Reporter Michael Schmidt details a severe escalation by the Trump administration. The FBI is no longer just hunting for journalistic sources, they are actively trying to criminalize and prosecute reporters themselves for asking basic questions.

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