Trump wrote treason on a Post-It note. Now the DOJ is coming for reporters.

The Wall Street Journal revealed Monday that the DOJ quietly served them grand jury subpoenas back in March, demanding records from reporters covering the Iran war. According to WSJ and CNN reporting, President Trump personally handed Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche a stack of printed news articles in an Oval Office meeting with a Post-it note on top. Written in Sharpie, in Trump’s own handwriting, was one word: “Treason.”Todd Blanche is Trump’s former personal criminal defense attorney. He took over the Justice Department last month after Trump fired Pam Bondi. The article that triggered the March subpoena was a February 23rd WSJ story reporting that General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had warned Trump against starting an extended military campaign against Iran. Five days later, Trump launched the war anyway. Two months in, the war continues with no stated goal and no timeline.Trump publicly threatened reporters with prison at a news conference last month: “We’re going to go to the media company that released it, and we’re going to say: National security, give it up or go to jail.” Dow Jones called the subpoenas an attack on constitutionally protected newsgathering. Get full access to The Rogue Voice aka Linsay Rousseau at linsayrousseau.substack.com/subscribe