Trump threatens to jail journalist to find source of second missing airman report


Trump targets media to find ‘leaker’ who revealed that a US airman was missing after being shot down by Iranian forces

Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist – or journalists – who reported that a second US airman was missing after being shot down by Iran on Friday in an effort to identify their source.

The badly injured airman hid in a mountain crevice to avoid capture before being rescued by a US recovery team that received heavy fire. The US president announced on Sunday that the service member had been recovered.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/06/trump-threats-journalist-missing-airman-iran

Author : Jeremy Barr in Washington

Publish date : 2026-04-06 20:00:00

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