President Donald Trump pushed for the Department of Justice to subpoena reporters’ records over Iran war leaks, multiple media reports claim.

According to the Wall Street Journal and CNN, the president allegedly complained about Iran war media leaks to Todd Blanche, giving the acting attorney general a stack of news articles that he and other officials felt threatened the country’s security. The stack in-question allegedly had a sticky note on top of it, which was labeled in sharpie: “Treason.”

It’s said Trump zeroed in on articles detailing his decision making behind the start of the Iran war, including what his advisers had told him before the launch of the military operation. 

The Wall Street Journal shared in their Monday report that the storied outlet received grand jury subpoenas dated March 4 for records belonging to its reporters. Per the WSJ, the request was tied to its Feb. 23 article, titled, “Pentagon Flags Risks of a Major Operation Against Iran.”

“The government’s subpoenas to The Wall Street Journal and our reporters represent an attack on constitutionally protected newsgathering,” Ashok Sinha, the chief communications officer of Dow Jones, which publishes the WSJ, said in a statement. “We will vigorously oppose this effort to stifle and intimidate essential reporting.”

While spokespeople for the White House and the DOJ did not return TheWrap’s request for comment, a spokesperson for the Department of Justice told the WSJ, “In all circumstances, the Department of Justice follows the facts and applies the law to identify those committing crimes against the United States.”

The investigation is meant to identify leaks within the government and not a targeted attack against reporters, one source told CNN on Monday. 

This update comes over a month after Trump threatened to jail an unspecified journalist after it was reported that an injured Air Force officer was missing in Iran.

“We didn’t talk about the first one for an hour, then somebody leaked something, which we’ll hopefully find that leaker,” Trump said at the time. “We’re looking very hard to find that leaker … They didn’t know there was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information. So whoever there was, we think we’ll be able to find it out, because 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.’“

Trump’s threat sent First Amendment advocates into a tailspin, with National Press Club president Mark Schoeff noting that the president’s remarks “risk chilling constitutionally protected reporting … sending a dangerous signal to those who would seek to undermine press freedom.”

Donald Trump stopped his speech at a White House event to take an impromptu poll regarding the 2028 presidential election, asking attendees to weigh in on two possible candidates.

During his speech at Monday’s Rose Garden Club Dinner, Trump stopped his address to survey the room to see if they supported Vice President JD Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a possible run for president.

“Who’s it going to be? Is it going to be JD?” the president noted after bemoaning about California Governor Gavin Newsom and his potential bid for president. “Is it going to be somebody else? I don’t know … Okay, let’s go. You ready? Who likes JD Vance?”

After the crowd burst out into applause at the mention of the vice president, Trump asked a follow up question: “Who likes Marco Rubio?”

This question also prompted a round of applause, inspiring Trump to suggest the two politicians could make decent running mates.

“All right, sounds like a good ticket … That was a perfect ticket,” Trump went on. “By the way, I do believe that’s a dream team, but these are minor details. That does not mean you have my endorsement under any circumstance.”

Additionally, Trump doubled down on his criticism of Governor Newsom, once again bringing up the California democrat’s learning disability. Specifically, Trump claimed Newsom called himself “a stupid person” for opening up about his life long struggle with dyslexia, adding, “He got bad test marks. He got bad this. He got bad that. He can’t read a speech.”

“He’s not a smart person,” Trump said. “He said, ‘I’m dumb just like all the people in this room.’ And now he was accused of being a racist … This guy, what he said is so bad. It was the worst interview I’ve ever seen by a professional politician.”

Watch the full speech below.

The president’s comments, which echoed a sentiment he shared back in March, appeared to reference backlash Newsom faced for telling a predominantly Black crowd at an Atlanta book event that he wasn’t “trying to impress [them]” before sharing his poor test scores.

“I’m no better than you,” the governor told Mayor Andre Dickens at the time. He later brought up his low SAT score, noting “Literally a 960 SAT guy, you’ve never seen me read a speech. Because I cannot read a speech. Maybe the wrong business to be in.”

Newsom called Trump “a brain-dead moron who bombs children and protects pedophiles” in response to the criticism in March.