The Justice Department tied itself in knots trying to justify to a federal judge why it didn't follow proper procedure in the New York Times subpoena order. The DOJ moved to seize information from New York Times reporters after the paper revealed the Trump administration was pausing use of the 747 gifted from the Qatari government due to security failures. But federal prosecutors withdrew the subpoenas under withering questioning from Judge Arun Subramanian of the Southern District of New York. § 50.10(e) state that members of the press must get “reasonable and timely notice” when the attorney general subpoenas their phone or business records. Subramanian ultimately made clear the DOJ had to withdraw the subpoenas, or he would issue an order quashing them anyway.