CNN lawyer describes gag order and secretive process where Justice Department sought reporter's email records

That day, through our parent company WarnerMedia, I received a secret order issued by a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Virginia. In this case, the only reason I got notice at all was because the Justice Department had to serve the secret order on CNN's parent company, as Ms. Starr's work email resided on its servers. Its lawyers showed no interest in exploring good faith ways to narrow the order. Indeed, every effort to better understand the situation was refused:• We were forbidden from knowing what their investigation was about. On September 11, 2020, we filed a motion requesting that the court quash, or at least narrow, the July order.