BARBARA STARR

Executives with CNN, The New York Times and Washington Post met with Attorney General Merrick Garland to protest the Trump-era Justice Department's efforts to seize phone and email records of journalists.

Barbara Starr has called on the Biden administration to introduce new protections for journalists

After a federal judge unsealed some documents on Wednesday, CNN's general counsel was allowed to share some details about the legal battle.

The Trump Justice Department secretly obtained the phone records of four New York Times reporters as part of a leak investigation.

CNN disclosed Thursday that Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr was informed prosecutors had obtained two months worth of phone and email records.

The revelation follows news that the Trump administration had seized the phone records of multiple Washington Post reporters.

CNN disclosed Thursday that Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr was informed prosecutors had obtained two months worth of phone and email records.

CNN said the Justice Department informed Barbara Starr in a May 13 letter that it had obtained phone and email records covering a two-month period.

CNN says the Trump administration Justice Department secretly obtained the 2017 phone records of a CNN correspondent.

The news comes less than two weeks after The Washington Post said the department secretly got three of its reporters’ phone records.