Katie Townsend Discusses Pentagon Press Policy Case With “Legal Face-Off” on WGN Radio

In the Media  |  April 30, 2026

WGN Radio 720

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Partner Katie Townsend was a guest on the “Legal Face-Off” show on WGN Radio 720 in Chicago, discussing a significant win for The New York Times in its challenge to the constitutionality of a Trump administration policy governing the issuance, denial, and revocation of press credentials at the Pentagon. Katie is part of the team representing The Times and its reporter Julian Barnes in that challenge.

Katie is Co‑Chair of the firm’s First Amendment and Free Expression Practice Group and a former Deputy Executive Director & Legal Director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.