President Trump is opening a new chapter in his years-long feud against The New York Times with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent move to subpoena journalists at the outlet over its reporting on security concerns surrounding the Qatari-gifted jet for Air Force One.

The subpoenas, issued to four Times journalists over the weekend, “seek to force the reporters to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan on Wednesday,” the Times said, noting several of the documents were delivered to journalists at their homes.

It is not the first time a presidential administration has subpoenaed journalists in a bid to identify and potentially punish confidential government sources, but experts say it’s highly unusual — and unlawful — to start a probe that way.

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