Claim

Claim 874

By August 1942 the Department of Justice had convened a federal grand jury to determine whether Johnston and the Tribune had violated the Espionage Act by publishing leaked classified information.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: By August 1942 the Department of Justice had convened a federal grand jury to determine whether Johnston and the Tribune had violated the Espionage Act by publishing leaked classified information.
Field: action
Value: Grand jury convened
About: incident 1942-us-chicago-tribune-midway-espionage-act
Source: Reporters Committee leads effort to unseal grand jury testimony from 1942 Espionage Act investigation of Chicago Tribune
Publisher: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2014-11-18

Quotation from the source

By August the DOJ had convened a grand jury to investigate whether Johnston and the Tribune violated the Espionage Act by publishing leaked classified information.