The Department of Justice withdraws subpoenas that had sought to compel reporters at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal to testify before a grand jury in a leak investigation about possible military action in Iran.Officials say President Donald Trump personally pressed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, passing a note that read "Treason," and the subpoenas followed an FBI search of a Washington Post reporter's home and the rescission by Pam Bondi of a policy that limited secret seizures of journalists' phone records.Neither news organization revealed confidential sources;
The Washington Post executive editor
Matt Murray reassured staff,
National Press Club President
Mark Schoeff Jr. condemned the subpoenas, and both outlets moved to quash the orders in closed court while remaining alert to possible reissuance.