2017–18 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, March
Donnellan and Whelan both featured for the Republic of Ireland U21s, with Donnellan scoring a crucial winning goal against Azerbaijan. The end of March also saw fans select the club's new shirt for the 2018–19 season made by TAG Sportswear, while the home match against Forest Green Rovers on Good Friday was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.


2017–18 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, April and May
Easter Monday saw Yeovil travel to play-off chasing Coventry City. Braces from Alex Fisher, François Zoko and Sam Surridge saw the Glovers win 6–2, the first time the club had scored six goals away from home in the Football League. On 7 April, Yeovil suffered a 3–0 home defeat against Luton Town, the match saw both Ryan Dickson and Zoko dismissed for the Glovers. In recognition of his performances in the EFL Trophy defender Tom James was named in the team of the tournament.


2017–18 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, April and May
Early April saw the club announce that it had made a small profit of £28,350 for the financial year ending June 2017. On 10 April, Yeovil traveled to Swindon Town and earned a point courtesy of late Alex Fisher equaliser. The 2–2 draw saw goalkeeper Stuart Nelson suffer a wrist injury that ruled him out for the remainder of the season. The Glovers suffered a fourth consecutive home defeat without scoring, on 14 April, with a 1–0 defeat against Wycombe Wanderers.


2017–18 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, April and May
Yeovil then suffered a 2–0 defeat away at Accrington Stanley, a match which saw the Lancashire side clinch promotion to League One for the first time in their history. A late Alex Fisher consolation was the only moment of cheer for Yeovil in a heavy 4–1 defeat away at promotion chasing Notts County, on 21 April. On 24 April, Yeovil and Forest Green Rovers played out a goalless draw which secured both sides Football League status with two games to spare.


2017–18 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, April and May
Yeovil's final home match of the season, saw them entertain Mansfield Town, the Glovers took the lead twice through Bevis Mugabi and Zoko, who scored his fifteenth goal of the season, but play-off chasing Mansfield fought back to win the game 3–2. Defender Omar Sowunmi was sent off late on the club's tenth red card of the season. The club's end of season awards, followed the conclusion of the match with all the awards shared between the trio of Tom James, Omar Sowunmi and François Zoko. Yeovil ended the season with a 1–1 defeat away at Lincoln City to finish the season in 19th place.


2017–18 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Summary and aftermath
In the league the team won 8 matches, drew 5 and lost 10 at home, compared to winning 4, drawing 7 and losing 12 away from home. The club scored 59 league goals and conceded 75 the third most in the league. Sam Surridge recorded the highest number of appearances during the season, appearing in 53 of Yeovil's 59 matches. François Zoko finished as the club's top goalscorer for the third consecutive season with 15 goals, 13 of those coming in the league.


2017–18 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Summary and aftermath
The end of the season saw manager Darren Way release four players. Defender Daniel Alfei was released having spent most of the season injured, and the experienced trio of Ryan Dickson, Artur Krysiak and Nathan Smith were released having made 130, 150 and 295 appearances for the club respectively. 36-year old goalkeeper Stuart Nelson agreed a new two-year contract, while the club triggered a one-year extension in midfielder Alefe Santos's contract. The club also offered new deals to Oscar Gobern and Omar Sowunmi.


2017–18 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Summary and aftermath
Yeovil offered no professional contracts to any of the club's second year scholars, with defender Joe Tomlinson signing for Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion upon his release. Midfielder Oscar Gobern rejected the offer of a new deal to sign for National League side Eastleigh. On 26 June, goalkeeper Jonny Maddison agreed to terminate his contract to sign for National League North side Darlington.


2017–18 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Summary and aftermath
In late June, the club received a bid in the region of £100,000 which met the release clause of attacking midfielder Otis Khan from fellow League Two side Mansfield Town, Khan subsequently signed a two-year contract with the Nottinghamshire side. Defender Omar Sowunmi returned to the club for pre-season training having still not signed a new contract.


2017–18 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Summary and aftermath
The off season saw Bevis Mugabi called up by Uganda for an invitational tournament in Niger.


2017–18 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team represented Youngstown State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Penguins, led by first-year head coach Jerrod Calhoun, played their home games at the Beeghly Center as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 8–24, 6–12 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament to Cleveland State.


2017–18 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team, Previous season
The Penguins finished the 2016–17 season 13–21, 5–13 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 9 seed in the Horizon League Tournament, they defeated Cleveland State and Oakland before losing to Northern Kentucky in the Semifinals.


2017–18 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team, Previous season
On March 7, 2017, Jerry Slocum announced he was retiring as head coach at Youngstown State. He had a record of 142–232 in 12 years at the school. On March 27, the school hired Jerrod Calhoun from Division II Fairmont State as the new head coach.


2017–18 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team, Schedule and results
* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time


2017–18 Youth League U18
The 2017–18 Youth League U18 (formerly known as I-League U18) was the tenth season of the Indian Youth League U18 and the third season of the competition as an under-18 one. AIFF announced that the zonal rounds for the league that started from 20 November 2017 in Chennai, Maharashtra, Kolkata and Delhi. AIFF Elite Academy were three-time defending champions, but did not participate in the tournament. Shillong Lajong won their first title by defeating Kerala Blasters 2–0 in the final on 26 May 2018.


2017–18 ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle season
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2017–2018 season is the 2017/2018 volleyball season for Polish professional volleyball club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.


2017–18 ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle season, Results, schedules and standings, 2017 Polish SuperCup
On September 23, 2017 PGE Skra beat ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle and achieved their third Polish SuperCup in history. Bartosz Bednorz was awarded a title of the Most Valuable Player.


2017–18 ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle season, Results, schedules and standings, 2017–18 CEV Champions League, Playoff 12
The draws of the match pairs for the playoffs of 12 were held on March 2, 2018 in Luxembourg. ZAKSA was one of three Polish teams in this phase.


2017–18 Zamalek SC season
The 2017–18 season is Zamalek's 59th season in the Egyptian Premier League and 59th consecutive season in the top flight of Egyptian football. The club will participate in the Egyptian Premier League, Egypt Cup and the CAF Confederation Cup.


2017–18 Zamalek SC season, Players, Current first team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Zamalek SC season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Zamalek SC season, Players, Youth academy squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Zanzibar Premier League
The 2017–18 Zanzibar Premier League season is the top level of football competition in Zanzibar.


2017–18 Zira FK season
The Zira FK 2017-18 season wa Zira's third Azerbaijan Premier League season, and fourth season in their history. It is their first full season with Aykhan Abbasov as manager, during which they finished the season in fourth place, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League for the second year in a row. Zira were also knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup by Neftchi Baku at the Quarterfinal stage whilst also reaching the Second qualifying round of the Europa League before defeat by Astra Giurgiu.


2017–18 Zob Ahan F.C. season
The 2017–18 season was Zob Ahan Football Club's 17th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and had their 47th year in existence as a football club.


2017–18 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Players, First team squad, Iran Pro League squad
As of 1 July 2017Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Players, First team squad, ACL 2017 Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Players, Loan list
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2017–18 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers
Friendlies and pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.


2017–18 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Top assistors
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assistors are equal.


2017–18 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Top assistors
Friendlies and Pre season goals are not recognized as competitive match assist.


2017–18 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2017–18 Zonal T20 League
2017–18 Zonal T20 League was a Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was played from 7 to 16 January 2018. It was the second edition of the tournament, following the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament held in January and February 2017.


2017–18 Zonal T20 League
On 14 January, in the North Zone fixture between Himachal Pradesh and Delhi, Rishabh Pant scored the second-fastest century in a Twenty20 match, making 100 from 32 balls.


2017–18 Zonal T20 League, Results
The top two teams from each zone progressed to the 2017–18 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Super League.


2017–18 curling season
The 2017–18 curling season began in May 2017 and ended in May 2018.


2017–18 curling season
Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.


2017–18 curling season, Curling Canada sanctioned events
This section lists events sanctioned by and/or conducted by Curling Canada. The following events in bold have been confirmed by Curling Canada as are part of the 2017–18 Season of Champions programme.


2017–18 curling season, Other events
Note: Events that have not been placed on Curling Canada's list of sanctioned events are listed here. If an event is listed on Curling Canada's final list for the 2017–18 curling season, it will be moved up to the "Curling Canada-sanctioned events" section.


2017–18 figure skating season
The 2017–18 figure skating season began on July 1, 2017, and ended on June 30, 2018. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU Championship level in the 2018 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships, as well as at the 2018 Winter Olympics. They also competed in elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final, and the ISU Challenger Series.


2017–18 figure skating season, Season notes, Age eligibility
Skaters are eligible to compete in ISU events at the junior or senior levels according to their age:


2017–18 figure skating season, Changes
If skaters of different nationalities team up, the ISU requires that they choose one country to represent.


2017–18 figure skating season, Changes
Date refers to date when the change occurred or, if not available, the date when the change was announced.


2017–18 film awards season
The 2017–18 film awards season began in November 2017 with the Gotham Independent Film Awards 2017 and ended in March 2018 with the 90th Academy Awards.


2017–18 in Algerian football
The 2017–18 season will be the 57th season of competitive association football in Algeria.


2017–18 in Armenian football
The following article is a summary of the 2017–18 football season in Armenia, which is the 26th season of competitive football in the country and runs from August 2017 to May 2018.


2017–18 in Australian soccer
The 2017–18 season was the 50th season of competitive association football in Australia.


2017–18 in Australian soccer, Domestic leagues, National Premier Leagues
The Finals Series featured the winner of each Member Federation's league competition in the National Premier Leagues, with the overall winner qualifying directly for the 2018 FFA Cup Round of 32.


2017–18 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's senior, Friendlies
The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2017–18.


2017–18 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's senior, FIFA World Cup
Australia qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, their fourth successive FIFA World Cup after defeating Honduras in a two-legged playoff in November 2017. They were the thirty-first team to qualify. The draw took place in Moscow on 1 December 2017, with Australia drawn in Group C alongside France, Peru, and Denmark.


2017–18 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's under-23, Friendlies
The following is a list of friendlies played by the Men's under 23 national team in 2017–18.


2017–18 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's under-20, Friendlies
The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under 20 national team in 2017–18.


2017–18 in Australian soccer, National teams, Women's senior, Friendlies
The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's senior national team in 2017–18.


2017–18 in Australian soccer, National teams, Women's under-20, Friendlies
The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under 20 national team in 2017–18.


2017–18 in Belgian football
The following article is a summary of the 2017–18 football season in Belgium, which is the 1145th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2017 until June 2018.


2017–18 in Belgian football, National teams, Belgium national football team
Belgium qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup following a 1–2 win in and against Greece on 3 September 2017. Being seeded, Belgium was then paired with England, Panama and Tunisia in Group G.


2017–18 in Belgian football, National teams, Belgium women's national football team
Belgium made their debut at the UEFA Women's Euro tournament in 2017, being eliminated in a group with Denmark and Netherlands, who would both go on to play the final. The team also played the first six of their eight qualification matches for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, starting strongly with three wins.


2017–18 in Belgian football, Men's football, League season, Promotion and relegation
The following teams had achieved promotion or suffered relegation going into the 2017–18 season.


2017–18 in Belgian football, UEFA competitions
Champions Anderlecht qualified directly for the group stage of the Champions League, while runners-up Club Brugge started in the qualifying rounds. As cup winner, Zulte Waregem qualified directly for the group stage of the Europa League, while Gent and Oostende started in the qualifying rounds.


2017–18 in Belgian football, UEFA competitions
Overall, Belgian football clubs performed very poorly during the 2017–18 season, as both Club Brugge, Gent and Oostende failed to qualify for the group stages. Anderlecht only managed to win one match in the Champions League and although Zulte Waregem scored 7 points in their Europa League group they were also eliminated, causing all Belgian teams to be eliminated from European football before the winter break.


2017–18 in Belgian football, Managerial changes
This is a list of changes of managers within Belgian professional league football (Belgian First Division A and Belgian First Division B):


2017–18 in Cape Verdean football
The 2017–18 season is the season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde.


2017–18 in Cape Verdean football, Island and regional competitions, Regional Super Cups
The 2016-17 champion winner played with a 2016-17 cup winner (when a club won both, a second place club competed).


2017–18 in Cape Verdean football, Transfer deals, Summer-Fall transfer window
The September/October transfer window runs from the end of the previous season in September up to mid-October.


2017–18 in Croatian football
The following article presents a summary of the 2017–18 football season in Croatia, which will be the 27th season of competitive football in the country.


2017–18 in Cypriot football
The following article is a summary of the 2017–18 football season in Cyprus, which is the 76th season of competitive football in the country and runs from August 2017 to May 2018.


2017–18 in Dutch football
The 2017–18 season was the 129th season of competitive football in the Netherlands.


2017–18 in English football
The 2017–18 season was the 138th season of competitive association football in England.


2017–18 in English football, National teams, England U-17 national football team, 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The final draw was held in April 2018 in England. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.


2017–18 in English football, National teams, England U-17 national football team, 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Hosts England were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.


2017–18 in English football, UEFA competitions, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase
The final was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv on 26 May 2018. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.


2017–18 in English football, UEFA competitions, UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase
For the knockout phase (round of 16 onwards), the 16 teams are drawn into a single-elimination tournament, with all ties played over one match.


2017–18 in English football, UEFA competitions, UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase
The final was played on 23 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
In what was largely a one-sided race for the title, Manchester City won the Premier League for the third time in six years, breaking records for the highest number of goals scored by one team in a league campaign and the most victories as well as gathering the most points, becoming the first top-flight team to reach the 100-point mark.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
This gave manager Pep Guardiola his first pieces of silverware with the club, having also won the League Cup – with perhaps the only blemishes in the season being a shock FA Cup loss at 2013 winners Wigan Athletic and a 5–1 aggregate loss to Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-finals. Finishing second were neighbours Manchester United, whose second season under José Mourinho finished with mixed success.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
While they improved on the previous league season and finished as runners-up in the FA Cup final, they never came close to challenging City for the title and also endured an early exit in the Champions League at the hands at Sevilla, though they did finish higher than fourth for the first time since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur successfully qualified for the Champions League once again, but this proved to be their only success in the season as they failed to win their first trophy in ten years. Early woes at their temporary home of Wembley saw the London club's hopes of challenging for the title diminish once again, with a loss of late form and fitness costing striker Harry Kane a third successive Golden Boot. A run of only three wins from their opening nine league matches extinguished Liverpool's hopes of ending their 28-year wait for a league title.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
Otherwise, their season proved to be a successful one as they ensured qualification for the Champions League once again, breaking the record for the most league seasons where they avoided defeat at Anfield, while summer signing Mohamed Salah narrowly broke the 22-year record for the most goals scored in a league season by scoring 32. However, their biggest achievement proved to be in the Champions League as they reached the final in Kiev against all odds, only narrowly losing to Real Madrid.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
Chelsea endured what proved to be a poor defence of their title and finished fifth, missing out on the Champions League once again. A woeful start to 2018 costing them a place in the top four despite four wins in their last six games (and making it the third season in a row where the defending champions failed to finish in the top four) and winning their first FA Cup since 2012.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
Arsenal were unable to send manager Arsène Wenger, who resigned after 22 years as manager, out on a high as they finished in their lowest league position under the Frenchman and missed out on trophies, most notably being knocked out of the Europa League in the semi-finals. Burnley proved to be the surprise package of the whole season as they mounted a charge for Champions League qualification and stood fifth at Christmas. While 11 matches without a win saw them slide out of the top five, the Clarets recovered enough to secure seventh place and qualify for the Europa League. Everton and Leicester City looked set to battle relegation after poor starts to the season, but they rallied after the respective appointments of Sam Allardyce and Claude Puel, only missing out on the Europa League late on in the season.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
For only the third time in Premier League history, all three promoted teams avoided the drop. Newcastle United finished highest, a final day win against Chelsea earning them a tenth-place finish after a poor run of form. Brighton & Hove Albion's first top-flight campaign since 1983 saw the Seagulls finish below them, never being seriously threatened with immediate relegation despite a few scares. However, arguably the biggest surprise of three were Huddersfield Town, who defied all expectations and ensured Premier League survival in their first season in the top-flight for 45 years.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
While a dreadful goal-scoring record (having scored less than both Salah and Kane) and heavy losses both home and away threatened their hopes, key points gained at crucial stages helped push the Terriers away from the drop and towards safety in their penultimate match, a remarkable effort that earned the team and their American head coach David Wagner plenty of praise.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
Despite making the worst start in the history of English football, going into the October international break goalless and pointless after seven games, a resurgence under former England manager Roy Hodgson saw Crystal Palace extend their stay in the top-flight to a sixth successive season – steering well clear of relegation in the process. While successfully ensuring a fourth consecutive season in the Premier League, Watford endured what proved to be another season of struggle.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
They did make a superb start, but their form spectacularly collapsed following what the club considered to be an "unwarranted approach" from Everton over head coach Marco Silva. The Hornets eventually pulled themselves over the finish line after a change of manager, but at the cost of question marks over the club's managerial turnover and their stability in the top-flight.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
West Bromwich Albion finished bottom, ending a run of eight years among the elite – a 20-game winless run from mid-August to January, and only winning just once after that left them rooted to last place, but a late run of form under caretaker manager Darren Moore that saw the Baggies take 11 points from their last six matches at least saw them go down fighting, with relegation not being confirmed until the penultimate round of games. Stoke City finished just above them, bringing to an end a decade in the Premier League.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
The Potters' downfall ultimately proved to be both an anaemic goal record and an inability to see out a win, having dropped 19 points from winning positions all season and only finishing above West Brom with a final-day win. The final spot was taken by Swansea City, who endured their worst season since promotion in 2011.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League
The Swans appeared to have been rejuvenated by the arrival of Portuguese manager Carlos Carvalhal after Christmas, but a loss of form in their last ten matches saw the Welsh club overtaken by FA Cup semi-finalists Southampton, who endured a horrendous league season but stayed up thanks in part to the late appointment of Mark Hughes.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship
Following successive seasons of struggle and near-misses with relegation, Wolverhampton Wanderers ended their six-year absence from the Premier League in style, leading the table from Halloween onwards and giving Portuguese head coach Nuno Espírito Santo both promotion and the Championship title in his first season in charge.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship
The fight for second place went down to the last round of games, but it was ultimately Cardiff City who emerged victorious and returned to the top-flight for the first time since 2014, earning manager Neil Warnock a record eighth promotion, as his mixed team of young players and journeymen ensured a Welsh presence in the top-flight next season. Taking the final spot through the playoffs were Fulham, who had been relegated to the second-tier alongside Cardiff in 2014, as they defeated Aston Villa in the playoff final at Wembley, their first visit to the stadium since 1975. This gave Serbian manager Slaviša Jokanović his second promotion to the Premier League in four seasons, having previously won promotion with Watford (albeit leaving the Hornets just weeks later) in 2015.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship
While a poor run of form in both December and the end of April ended their hopes of a second successive promotion, Sheffield United's first season in the second tier since 2011 proved to be an excellent one as they remained in the promotion chase for practically the entire season.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship
Leeds United spent the first half of the season looking to build on their play-offs near-miss the previous year, but an appalling second half of the season - only bottom-placed Sunderland earned fewer points after Christmas - saw them crash down the table, with only their strong early form and a couple of late wins keeping them from being involved in the relegation struggle. Both Reading and Sheffield Wednesday endured tough seasons after narrowly missing out on promotion the previous year, with only a change of manager for the two teams helping them avoid the drop into League One.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship
Amid off-pitch struggles and growing anger towards owner Assem Allam, a fine second half of the campaign helped Hull City avoid a second successive relegation in a season awash with 140 goals, where they massively leaked goals but had no problem scoring them either – managing to score more than second-placed Cardiff City in the process.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship
At the bottom of the table, Sunderland endured a second successive relegation and fell into the third tier for the first time in 30 years with just seven wins all season and an inability to turn any one of their staggering 16 draws into wins contributing to their downfall, despite the managerial presence of former Wales manager Chris Coleman. In a battle that went down to the closing minutes of the season, the remaining relegation spots were filled by Burton Albion and Barnsley, who both returned to League One after two seasons in the second tier.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship
Despite the Brewers securing three wins from their final four matches and the Tykes actually starting their final match at Derby County outside the bottom three. This was mainly because of the heroics of Bolton Wanderers, who scored two late goals in two minutes to survive and relegate their fellow strugglers, a remarkable achievement considering their failure to win any of their first 11 matches after promotion the previous season.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One
For the second time in three years, Wigan Athletic won the League One title and returned to the Championship at the first attempt in style, having never looked like falling out of the top two all season and breaking their previous points total from 2016. Also achieving promotion were Blackburn Rovers, who finally enjoyed some success after two relegations in five years as they also made an immediate return to the Championship.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One
In a tightly contested play-off final that went all the way to extra time, Rotherham United scraped past Shrewsbury Town to make it a hat-trick of immediate returns to the second tier – in almost exactly the same fashion they had won promotion to the second tier four years previously. This meant that for the first time ever since three clubs were allowed promotion in 1974, all three clubs relegated from the Championship the previous season were promoted the following season.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One
Portsmouth continued their gradual climb back up the Football League by achieving a top-half finish, never being remotely threatened by an immediate relegation back to League Two. While they narrowly missed out on a second promotion in a row with only one win in their final six games, the signs were promising for the South-Coast club in their first season of ownership under former Walt Disney executive Michael Eisner.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One
AFC Wimbledon, despite remaining in a relegation battle all season long and having won just five games between August and December, were able to secure a third successive season in the third tier – and also finished above rivals Milton Keynes Dons for the first time in their history, while also ensuring that the following season they would be playing in a higher division than the Dons for the first time.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One
Three years after gaining promotion to League One, Bury finally ran out of luck and were the first team in the division to suffer relegation, winning just eight times. Having been tipped to regain the form that saw them enter the Championship three years previously, Milton Keynes Dons ultimately fared little better and fell into the bottom tier for the first time in a decade, changing managers three times and finishing well below rivals AFC Wimbledon as a result.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One
Just two years after winning promotion to League One, Northampton Town's struggles continued as they fell back into the bottom tier of the Football League, with the worst defence in the division playing a big role.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One
Taking the last spot in the last game were Oldham Athletic, who finally succumbed to the relegation they had been fighting against for the last couple of years, and fell into the bottom tier of the Football League for the first time in 47 years, also making this the first time since 1997 that they would be playing in anything other than the third tier. Both teams went down playing each other (and drawing 2–2), with Rochdale surviving by a single point.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two
Just 12 years after returning to the Football League, Accrington Stanley won promotion to the third tier for the first time in their history (their forerunners having last played in the third tier in 1960), an outstanding second half of the season propelling them from mid-table to the title – and securing promotion on the 130th anniversary of the Lancashire club's founding.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two
Also going up were Luton Town, whose steady climb back up the Football League saw them return to League One for the first time in a decade; while a loss of form cost them the title having led the table for large periods of the season, the club saved some grace by being the highest-scoring team in the division. Taking the third automatic promotion spot in what proved to be a tight race were Wycombe Wanderers, who ended their six-year stay in League Two and finally gave manager Gareth Ainsworth the promotion he had sought after years of heart-break.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two
The final promotion spot via the play-offs was filled by Coventry City, who secured an immediate return to League One in a season that saw them finish in the top six for the first time since 1970 and end a 51-year wait to achieve promotion - at the expense of Exeter City, the club losing in the play-off final for the second season running.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two
Notts County enjoyed what proved to be their most successful season since winning promotion to League One in 2010 as they remained in the promotion race for the whole season, only missing out on a place in the play-off final after a controversial loss to Coventry City; furthermore, player-manager Kevin Nolan became the first Magpies manager to last a full season in charge for nine years.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two
Lincoln City's first season back in the Football League since 2011 proved to be very successful as they not only attempted a second consecutive promotion by qualifying for the play-offs (losing to Exeter City), but they also won the Football League Trophy – beating Shrewsbury Town on their first ever visit to Wembley. A sharp downturn in form that saw them fail to win for 21 games resulted in Grimsby Town having to battle to keep their place in League Two, with only four late wins towards the end of the season helping them stay up.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two
Having been tipped for immediate relegation, Forest Green Rovers achieved survival in their first ever season in the Football League – while a few heavy losses in the opening months left them stuck in the relegation zone, several bursts of good form at key stages in the season helped them up the table and secure their place in the closing weeks.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two
After 97 years as a member of the Football League, Chesterfield's sharp decline in form continued as they endured a second successive relegation, just 4 years after winning promotion to League One; while a good run of form in the winter months gave the club hope, a poor start and an equally poor end to the season cost them their League status.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two
Taking the second spot and enduring their second relegation from League Two in five years were Barnet, despite the return of Martin Allen for the fifth time as manager late in the season; while the club did put up more of a fight to avoid the drop, ending their season only relegated on goal difference, it once again proved to be too late.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two
This made Barnet the first club to be automatically relegated from the Football League on three separate occasions, and the club to have survived the shortest after being promoted from the Conference (not counting Maidstone United, who also lasted just three seasons after promotion, but were forced out of the Football League by bankruptcy rather than being relegated). Morecambe narrowly escaped relegation on goal difference, despite having the weakest goal-scoring record in the division and winning less games than both relegated clubs, while Port Vale avoided a second successive relegation despite winning just twice at the turn of the year.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, National League Top Division
Macclesfield Town were National League champions and won promotion back to League Two after a six-year absence from the Football League. Taking the second promotion spot in the first season to use six play-off places instead of four were Tranmere Rovers, who made amends for their previous play-off final loss the previous year and returned to the Football League after three years, in a tightly contested final with Boreham Wood.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, National League Top Division
Leyton Orient and Hartlepool were the two teams relegated from the Football League the previous season, and neither achieved particular success, finishing 13th and 15th in the league respectively. Through much of the season, both looked more likely to be relegated again than to challenge for promotion and Hartlepool also endured struggles off the field, nearly going out of business altogether.


2017–18 in English football, Men's football, League season, National League Top Division
Relegated from the league were Guiseley, Chester, Torquay United and Woking. Guiseley finished bottom of the table, picking up just seven wins and conceding the most goals in the league, seeing them relegated back to the National League North three years after being promoted. Chester and Torquay United both suffered financial uncertainty in addition to being relegated, the latter just a few years after having been in the Football League. Woking's relegation was not guaranteed until the final day of the season, when a defeat against Dover ensured they finished one point behind Barrow.


2017–18 in English football, Managerial changes
This is a list of changes of managers within English league football:


2017–18 in French football
The following article is a summary of the 2017–18 football season in France, which was the 84th season of competitive football in the country and ran from July 2017 to June 2018.


2017–18 in French football, Cup competitions, 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Final
The final was held on 31 March 2018 at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux.


2017–18 in German football
The 2017–18 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Germany.


2017–18 in Honduran football
The 2017–18 season is the 70th season of competitive association football in Honduras.


2017–18 in Hungarian football
The 2017–18 season will be the 119th season of competitive association football in Hungary.


2017–18 in Indian football, Club competitions, Club managerial changes
This is a list of changes of managers within Indian league football:


2017–18 in Israeli football
The 2017–18 season is the 70th season of competitive football in Israel, and the 92nd season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.


2017–18 in Italian football
The 2017–18 season was the 116th season of competitive football in Italy.


2017–18 in Italian football, National teams, Italy national football team
On 13 November 2017, Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup after a 1–0 aggregate loss to Sweden, the first time they failed to qualify for the World Cup since 1958.


2017–18 in Italian football, Cup competitions, Coppa Italia, Final
The final was played on 9 May 2018 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.


2017–18 in Nepalese football
The 2017–18 season is the latest season of Football in Nepal.


2017–18 in Nepalese football, Domestic Competitions, 2017-18 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
The 2017–18 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League (Nepali: 2017-18 शहीद स्मारक ए डिभिजन लीग) is the upcoming edition of the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, Nepal's highest ranked football league. The league is scheduled to begin on 30 November 2017.


2017–18 in Polish football
The 2017–18 season was the 93rd season of competitive football in Poland.


2017–18 in Scottish football
The 2017–18 season was the 121st season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 15 July 2017, with the first round of matches in the 2017–18 Scottish League Cup. The 2017–18 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 5 August.


2017–18 in Scottish football, Scottish clubs in Europe, Summary
Celtic, Aberdeen, Rangers and St Johnstone qualified for European competition. Rangers and St Johnstone were both eliminated in the first qualifying round, which prompted some administrators and coaches to suggest that Scottish football should adopt a summer season.


2017–18 in Scottish football, Scottish clubs in Europe, Celtic
Celtic started in the second qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, and were drawn against the winners of a first round tie between Linfield and Fiorita.


2017–18 in Scottish football, Scottish clubs in Europe, Celtic
Celtic finished third in their Champions League group, which meant that they progressed to the last 32 of the Europa League.


2017–18 in Scottish football, Scottish clubs in Europe, Aberdeen
Aberdeen started in the second qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, and were drawn against the winners of a first round tie between Ordabasy and Široki Brijeg.


2017–18 in Scottish football, Women's football, UEFA Women's Champions League, Glasgow City
Glasgow City entered the Champions League in the round of 32.


2017–18 in Senegalese football
The 2017–18 season was the season of competitive football (soccer) in Senegal.


2017–18 in Spanish football
The 2017–18 season was the 116th season of competitive association football in Spain.


2017–18 in Spanish football, UEFA competitions, 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase
The final will be played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev on 26 May 2018. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.


2017–18 in Spanish football, UEFA competitions, 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase
The final will be played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu on 16 May 2018. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.


2017–18 in Spanish football, UEFA competitions, 2017–18 UEFA Youth League, Finals
The final was played on 23 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.


2017–18 in Spanish football, Men's football, Cup competitions, Supercopa de España
Real Madrid won the Supercopa de España 5–1 on aggregate


2017–18 in Swedish bandy
2017–18 in Swedish bandy was a bandy season starting in August 2017 and ending in July 2018.


2017–18 in Swiss football
The following is a summary of the 2017–18 season of competitive football in Switzerland.


2017–18 in Swiss football, Men's national team
The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.


2017–18 in Swiss football, Men's national team, 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Switzerland won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.


2017–18 in Swiss football, Women's national team
The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.


2017–18 in Turkish football
The 2017–18 season was the 113th season of competitive football in Turkey.


2017–18 in Ukrainian football
The 2017–18 season was the 27th season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.


2017–18 in Ukrainian football, Men's club football
Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details


2017–18 in Ukrainian football, Women's club football
Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details


2017–18 national figure skating championships
National figure skating championships of the 2017–2018 season are taking place mainly between December 2017 and January 2018. They are held to crown national champions and may serve as part of the selection process for international events such as the 2018 Winter Olympics and ISU Figure Skating Championships. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. A few countries chose to organize their national championships together with their neighbors; the results were subsequently divided into national podiums.


2017–18 snooker season
The 2017–18 snooker season was a series of professional snooker tournaments played between 4 May 2017 and 7 May 2018. The season began with the pro–am Vienna Snooker Open in May 2017 and ended with the 2018 World Snooker Championship in April the following year. Ronnie O'Sullivan earned a joint-record five ranking titles in the season. He joined Stephen Hendry (1990/1991), Ding Junhui (2013/2014), and Mark Selby (2016/2017) in winning five ranking titles in the same season.


2017–18 snooker season
The China Championship became a ranking event and was brought forward to a mid-August date, ahead of the Paul Hunter Classic. The Shanghai Masters was initially withdrawn from the season calendar, but was later rescheduled for November 2017. The biennial World Cup team event was played in July 2017. Another event not held every year returning in 2017 was the 2017 IWGA World Games. The Snooker Shoot Out was brought forward to the start of February, ahead of both the World Grand Prix and Welsh Open.


2017–18 snooker season
A new World Seniors Tour was formed by Snooker Legends for players over 40 years of age, comprising four events, including the World Seniors Championship which has returned to Scunthorpe in 2018.


2017–18 snooker season
The second edition of the Home Nations Series was being held in this season with the English Open, Northern Ireland Open, Scottish Open and Welsh Open tournaments. For a single winner of all four tournaments would earn a bonus of £1 million.


2017–18 snooker season, Players
The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2017 World Championship, and the 31 players earning a two-year card the previous year automatically qualified for the season (Rouzi Maimaiti has resigned his membership). Next, eight places were allocated to the top 8 on the One Year Ranking List who have not already qualified for the Main Tour. Another two players came from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs, and a further 12 places were available through the Q School (four Event 1 winners, four Event 2 winners, and four best-ranked players in the Order of Merit). The rest of the places on to the tour came from amateur events and national governing body (NGB) nominations. Hamza Akbar received a tour card as a special dispensation in place of America's nomination.


2017–18 snooker season, Players
The list of all professional players in the 2017/2018 season consist of 131 players, including the standard field of the 128 players and three invitational tour cards (James Wattana has second year of a two-year invitational tour card while Jimmy White and Ken Doherty were awarded the new two-year permission). Beginning from this season, players with invitational tour cards are eligible to compete in any ranking event. These players are seeded after main tour professionals, but above amateur top ups taken from the Q School ranking list.


2017–18 snooker season, Players, New professional players
All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.


2017–18 snooker season, Calendar
The following tables outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.


2017–18 Úrvalsdeild karla
The 2017–18 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 67th season of the Úrvalsdeild, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on October 5, 2017 and ended on April 28, 2018. KR won its fifth title in a row by defeating Tindastóll 3–1 in the Finals.


2017–18 Úrvalsdeild karla, Competition format
The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once home and once away for a total of 22 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the two last qualified were relegated to Division 1.


2017–18 Úrvalsdeild karla, Playoffs
The playoffs are played between the eight first qualified teams with a 1-1-1-1-1 format, playing seeded teams games 1, 3 and 5 at home.


2017–18 Úrvalsdeild karla, Clubs in European competitions
Icelandic teams returned to European competitions nine years after their last participation.


2017–18 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)
The 2017–18 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 61st season of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top tier women's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on October 4, 2017 and concluded on April 30, 2018, with Haukar winning their fourth title after beating Valur 3–2 in the Úrvalsdeild finals. Helena Sverrisdóttir was named the Playoffs MVP after averaging 20.2 points, 12.2 rebounds and 10.8 assists in the finals series.


2017–18 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball), Competition format
The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice "home" and twice "away" for a total of 28 games. The top four teams qualify for the championship playoffs whilst the bottom team will be relegated to Division 1.


2017–18 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball), Playoffs
The playoffs are played between the four first qualified teams with a 1-1-1-1-1 format, playing seeded teams games 1, 3 and 5 at home.


2017–18 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (handball)
The 2017–18 Úrvalsdeild kvenna, known as the Olís-deildin for sponsorship reasons, is the 79th season of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, Iceland's premier women's handball league. Fram won its second straight championship by beating Valur in the Úrvalsdeild finals, three games to one. Steinunn Björnsdóttir was named the playoffs MVP.


2017–18 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (handball)
HK beat Grótta in the relegation finals, taking its place in the 2018–19 Úrvalsdeild kvenna.


2017–18 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (handball), Playoffs
The playoffs are played between the four first qualified teams with a 1-1-1-1-1 format, playing seeded teams games 1, 3 and 5 at home.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures
The United States Department of Justice under the Trump administration acquired by a February 2018 subpoena the Apple iCloud metadata of two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, several others associated with the committee, and some of their family members. The subpoena covered 73 phone numbers and 36 email addresses since the inception of the accounts. Seizing communications information of members of Congress is extraordinarily rare. The department also subpoenaed and obtained 2017 and 2018 phone log and email metadata from news reporters for CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times. Apple also received and complied with February 2018 subpoenas for the iCloud accounts of White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife. Microsoft received a subpoena relating to a personal email account of a congressional staff member in 2017.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures
The seizures were made under unusual gag orders and were part of the department's attempt to identify who had leaked information to the press about contacts between Trump associates and Russia, as well as foreign policy matters. The subpoenas began under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who in March 2017 had recused himself from all investigations relating to Russia, and continued under Attorney General Bill Barr. Both men, and their deputy Rod Rosenstein, later said they had no knowledge of the subpoena for members of Congress.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures
The subpoenas first came to the attention of the public via press reports in May 2021, as gag orders expired and the targets of the subpoenas were finally notified that their data had been given to the Justice Department. The Justice Department inspector general and House Judiciary Committee soon opened investigations.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Background
Slate reported in 2013 that the government's interpretation of "metadata" could be broad, and might include message content such as the subject lines of emails.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Background
The Justice Department's use of the Espionage Act of 1917 to seek reporter records dramatically increased over the last 2 decades, with the Bush and Obama administrations also relying on the law to pursue leakers. The Obama Justice Department under Eric Holder was sharply criticized for its use of subpoenas to acquire metadata of journalists in an unprecedented crackdown on leaks of classified information to the press. Beginning in 2014, Holder instituted new rules to curtail but not eliminate such practices.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Background
Leading up to and following the 2016 United States presidential election, there were widespread press reports that Russia attempted to influence the election so as to favor Donald Trump and oppose Hillary Clinton. Even before his inauguration, President-elect Trump demanded investigations to find out who was leaking information about the Russian activity. After Trump took office as president in 2017, the Justice Department under Attorney General of the United States Jeff Sessions undertook a vigorous investigation into who had leaked information to the press about the Russian interference, and particularly about any contact between Trump associates and Russia.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Background
In June 2017 the Justice Department announced charges against Reality Winner, a federal contractor. Prosecutors charged that she had sent a top-secret NSA document pertaining to a 2016 Russian military intelligence cyberattack to The Intercept. In 2018, she was convicted of "removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet" and given the longest sentence ever imposed for unauthorized release of government information to the media.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Background
Sessions continued to push for the FBI to prioritize leak investigations. In August 2017 he said he would confront leaks of classified information - a subject which had greatly angered Trump. Trump had repeatedly called for increased prosecution of leaks. Sessions stated that he would review policies affecting media subpoenas. In November 2017, Sessions told Congress that there were 27 open investigations into what he called an "epidemic" of leaks of classified information, about nine times what the Obama administration had undertaken.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN
CNN reported in May 2021 that the Trump Justice Department had secretly acquired by court order the phone logs and email metadata of its Pentagon reporter Barbara Starr for the months of June and July 2017, spanning more than 30,000 email records. The Biden Justice Department disclosed in August 2021 that Barr approved the seizure of Starr's communications in May 2020. Prosecutors were seeking email records from a time period when Starr reported on US military options in North Korea that were ready to be presented to Trump, as well as stories on Syria and Afghanistan.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN
G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia oversaw the orders and investigation into CNN with the involvement of prosecutors from the DOJ National Security Division. As of July 1, probes are being conducted into whether management knew about these investigations. Head of the DOJ National Security Division, Assistant Attorney General John Demers has denied knowledge of these actions.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN
CNN General Counsel David Vigilante was prohibited under a gag order issued by a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Virginia from sharing any details about the government's efforts with anyone beyond the network's president, top attorneys at CNN's corporate parent and attorneys at an outside law firm. Specifically, Vigilante was forbidden from knowing the contents of the investigation, its subjects, the subject matter of the reporting at issue, the time the investigation opened, and from informing the reporter targeted.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN
The DOJ gave little notice to CNN and made Vigilante subject to several restrictions with the risk of contempt and obstruction of justice for refusing to comply. Vigilante retained Jamie Gorelick, Aaron Zebley, and Paul Wolfson from the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. CNN President Jeff Zucker was then debriefed on the orders.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN
CNN filed a motion on September 11, 2020, requesting the judge limit the order. On October 7, 2020, federal Magistrate Theresa Buchanan in Virginia granted the motion and ordered the Justice Department to narrow its search of records related to the relevant account. On October 9, 2020, the DOJ filed a motion to reconsider the court's order, providing a classified affidavit, and Buchanan reversed herself, ordering CNN to comply. On December 16, 2020, CNN had its appeal issued a month earlier heard in district court. In a statement, US District Judge Anthony Trenga said:


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN
"[T]he court has reviewed the government's explanation for why [internal email headers are relevant and concluded the theory of relevancy is based on] speculative predictions, assumptions, and scenarios unanchored in any facts. ... the requested information by its nature is too attenuated and not sufficiently connected to any evidence relevant, material, or useful to the governments ascribed investigation, particularly when considered in light of the First Amendment activities that it relates to."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN
The district court narrowed the order, and CNN pressed for notifications before additional subpoenas for Starr's data. On January 15, 2021, Justice Department again filed a motion to reconsider. On January 26, 2021, in the beginning of the Biden administration, the DOJ and CNN reached a mutual resolution and concluded the litigation, requiring Starr to be notified of the seizure of her communications on May 13, 2021.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, New York Times
The New York Times reported in April 2017 that during the investigation into the Hillary Clinton email controversy, the FBI was provided documents acquired by Dutch intelligence hackers which had previously been stolen by Russian intelligence, and which the Justice Department had classified. In June 2021 it became known that the Justice Department had attempted by court order to obtain the phone logs and email logs, sans contents, of Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eric Lichtblau and Michael Schmidt, four Times reporters who had written the article together. DOJ obtained the phone logs in 2020, according to a spokesman for the Biden Justice Department. The Biden Justice Department disclosed in August 2021 that Barr approved the seizures in September 2020.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, New York Times
On January 5, 2021, acting head of the DC U.S. attorney's office Channing Phillips obtained a court order from a magistrate judge under seal requiring Google, which operates The Times's email system, to secretly turn over email logs of the four reporters. Contractually obligated to inform NYT of the effort, Google resisted the order. No email records were ultimately obtained in the effort. Through negotiations, NYT was able to be informed to a limited extent of the investigation through its lawyers and intended to ask the court to challenge the order.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, New York Times
The Biden administration, while continuing to pursue the email records, notified a few NYT executives of its quest, but subjected them to a gag order on March 3 which prevented them from disclosing the government's efforts even to its executive editor, Dean Baquet. An NYT lawyer commented that it was "unprecedented" for the DOJ to impose a gag order as part of a leak investigation, and until then had never seized NYT's phone records without advance notice.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, New York Times
On June 2, 2021, the DOJ informed NYT it would quash the order to Google and disclose its prior seizure of phone records. During the transition into the Biden administration, one official wrote a memo that the controversial order should be terminated and the case closed. However, the leak investigations and gag orders were maintained under the Biden DOJ until the gag orders expired and investigations disclosed to the press.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Washington Post
On May 3, 2021, three Washington Post reporters, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller, and former reporter Adam Entous, who covered the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation were informed that the Justice Department in 2020 had attained phone records from April 15 to July 31, 2017, including their work, home, or cellphone numbers. The correspondence listed various phones for which records had been seized: Nakashima's work, cellphone, and home phone; Miller's work phone and cellphone; and Entous's cellphone number.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Washington Post
The phone records taken included the numbers of calls made to and from the targeted phone over the specified time period and the call duration, but do not include the calls' contents. Prosecutors also obtained a court order to acquire "non-content communication records" for the reporters’ work email accounts but did not act on it. The Washington Post received two letters from the Department of Justice, outlining the five phones affected by the department's seizure. These letters bore the signatures Channing Phillips and John Demers respectively. The Biden Justice Department disclosed in August 2021 that Barr approved the seizure of the communications on November 13, 2020.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Other news media
The Justice Department disclosed in 2018 that in 2017 it had acquired the phone and email communications of a reporter for Politico, BuzzFeed and the Times who had written articles about Russia.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Lawmakers
The Justice Department subpoenaed Microsoft in 2017 for a congressional staffer's personal email account, and secured a gag order. Microsoft notified the account holder of the subpoena after the gag order expired, after which they contacted Microsoft informing them of their status as a congressional staffer. The DOJ further issued a subpoena to Apple for Michael Bahar, a staff member for Schiff on the House Intelligence Committee, and sought to identify accountholders connected to the staffer The DOJ did not inform Schiff of the investigation involving his aide before the FBI interviewed his aide. When Schiff was made aware of the interview, he with his House counsel, confronted the DOJ, which offered few details.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Lawmakers
On February 6, 2018, the Trump Justice Department under Jeff Sessions subpoenaed metadata from the Apple iCloud accounts, including "customer or subscriber account information," of at least a dozen individuals associated with the House Intelligence Committee, including Democratic ranking member Adam Schiff, member Eric Swalwell, aides, and family members, to investigate leaks to the press about contacts between Trump associates and Russia. Apart from corruption investigations, subpoenaing communications information of members of Congress is nearly unheard-of. The subpoena appeared to have resulted from a leak investigation initially including the targeting of a senior aide on the House Intelligence Committee, and not the lawmakers themselves. The DOJ did not inform the HPSCI about the 2018 subpoena.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Lawmakers
By the time of the subpoena, the House Intelligence Committee had been investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, in which some Trump associates were named. The day before the subpoena, Trump tweeted that Schiff was "one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Lawmakers
Apple said it received the subpoena for Intelligence Committee metadata in February 2018, and that it demanded information for 73 phone numbers and 36 email addresses; a source told CNN the subpoena covered data from the inception of the accounts. Apple provided limited information such as metadata and account subscriber information and did not provide any content such as pictures or emails. While Apple says it would have normally informed customers, the department also secured a gag order to prevent Apple from telling the customers their data had been given out.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Lawmakers
The customers did not know they were being investigated until Apple informed them on May 5, 2021, after the gag order, having been renewed yearly, had expired. CNN reported records seized included those from staff members who had nothing to do with issues related to Russia or former FBI Director James Comey, including Schiff's personal office staff. iCloud commonly and automatically stores a wide variety of information users generate on their Apple devices, including phone call history, voicemails, emails, text messages and instant messages, as well as photos and documents.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Lawmakers
Metadata from the inquiry did not implicate anyone associated with the committee, and the inquiry languished. However, when Bill Barr became attorney general in February 2019, he revived the effort, and in February 2020 he called up Craig Carpenito, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, to recommend a strong prosecutor to invigorate the investigations. Carpenito's office lent Osmar Benvenuto, a Democrat, to lead the investigations, and about six others to work on the leak investigation involving Schiff. The New York Times reported some in the Justice Department and those in the New Jersey office saw Barr's approach as politically motivated. Barr was kept regularly informed on the investigations, and he frequently received memos on the progress of the probes.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Don McGahn
On February 23, 2018, Apple also received and complied with grand jury subpoenas issued in the Eastern District of Virginia relating to the iCloud accounts of White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife. When the Justice Department subpoenaed Apple it was unaware McGahn's records were among those it sought. Sessions and Rosenstein were reportedly unaware of the subpoenas, and neither was Mueller's legal team, which had instead received McGahn's phone records voluntairly.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Don McGahn
Former Trump DOJ officials insisted Rosenstein would have never supported such a subpoena, and instead McGahn's data was acquired in an unrelated investigation and his name had never been verified as included. The grand jury subpoenas were also under a gag order, as the DOJ multiple times went to a judge to keep it secret.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Don McGahn
The New York Times reported there were two events roughly concurrent with the subpoenas. The Mueller investigation of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was scrutinizing his communications, which might have included McGahn, who was the top Trump campaign lawyer, though CNN reported the subpoenas did not originate from the Mueller investigation. The Times reported in January 2018 that in June 2017 Trump instructed McGahn to have the Justice Department remove Mueller, which McGahn told Trump he would not do, and Trump pressured McGahn to keep the instruction secret as it might have constituted obstruction of justice.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath
After the transition to the Biden administration, the Justice Department continued to pursue news organization investigations and gag orders for several months, following "established procedures". In early June they said that, "consistent with the president's direction", they had discontinued the practice of issuing subpoenas to journalists. The investigation that acquired Schiff and Swalwell's data records has since been closed.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath
Senior executives from CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post planned to meet with US Attorney General Merrick Garland on June 14 to discuss the controversial leak investigation into journalists' records from all three media outlets and the gag orders to cover them up. The executives also plan to ask for safeguards to ensure the freedom of the press, and commit to regulatory changes to prevent future abuses from the Justice Department.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath
The meeting occurred as scheduled, with multiple news media exeuctives in attendance: CNN Washington bureau chief Sam Feist and general counsel David Vigilante on behalf of CNN, publisher A.G. Sulzberger and deputy general counsel David McCraw from The Times, publisher Fred Ryan, executive editor Sally Buzbee and head of legal Jay Kennedy from The Post, and Bruce Brown of RCFP. The meeting was conducted with Garland and 7 other DOJ officials. Speaking on behalf of the news representatives, Brown reiterated the importance of protecting confidential soures. Garland also met with Schiff.


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Associate Attorney General John Demers, who had been head of the DOJ's National Security Division, was the final 2021 holdover from the Trump administration, having taken office in February 2018. Biden DOJ officials asked him to stay on for a while, and he agreed to stay until the end of June 2021. Just before his scheduled June departure the news broke about the subpoenas to news organizations and congressmembers. The congressional subpoenas had been issued in February 2018, reportedly prior to Demers taking office that same month. Demer's replacement, Matt Olsen, has already been nominated by President Biden, and is awaiting Senate approval as of June 2021.


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Microsoft's vice president of customer security, Tom Burt, plans to testify before the House Judiciary Committee and criticize the government for its abuse of gag orders in his testimony. Expected remarks include "We are not suggesting that secrecy orders should only be obtained through some impossible standard," and "We simply ask that it be a meaningful one. ... Without legislative reform, abuses will continue to occur -- and they will continue to occur out of sight." Burt will also provide data on the DOJ requests that Microsoft routinely receives.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath, Investigations
The day after news broke about the subpoenas involving reporters and congressmembers, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco referred the matter to the DOJ Office of the Inspector General led by Michael E. Horowitz, which announced it would investigate the matter. A statement from the inspector general's office said, "The review will examine the Department's compliance with applicable DOJ policies and procedures, and whether any such uses, or the investigations, were based upon improper considerations. If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider other issues that may arise during the review."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath, Investigations
Democratic congressional leaders also vowed to investigate the department's efforts to seize the communications records of congressmembers and their staff and family members. House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on June 14 announced his committee would formally open an investigation into the DOJ's surveillance of congessmen, journalists and others.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath, Legality
The Justice Department was legally allowed to secretly obtain journalists' records through a court order. The Obama Justice Department laid out revised, slightly more stringent guidelines for issuing media subpoenas in 2015, mandating that the attorney general had to authorize subpoenas when they related to the newsgathering activities of journalists. Existing policy required the department to notify reporters of the investigation as soon as the records were sought, or within no more than 90 days if investigators believe disclosure could compromise an investigation or harm national security. However, the Trump DOJ sought and obtained gag orders lasting years, forbidding the news agencies they had subpoenaed from divulging the information.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath, Legality
It is extraordinarily rare — almost "unheard-of" — for the Justice Department to subpoena records relating to members of Congress, except in cases of corruption. Sessions and Barr, and their deputy Rosenstein, have claimed they knew nothing about any subpoenas involving legislators.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath, Legality
It is extraordinary to subpoena a White House counsel's records. CNN noted that it was strange for the White House counsel for the president to be subject of a subpoena from within the president's own Justice Department.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Organizations
CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr in an op-ed called the Trump DOJ's seizure of her communications data "a sheer abuse of power" against the free press that should be protected by the First Amendment, and called for the codification of new protections for reporters.


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Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, said in a statement that "[s]eizing the phone records of journalists profoundly undermines press freedom," and that "[i]t threatens to silence the sources we depend on to provide the public with essential information about what the government is doing." Commenting on Google's actions, Baquet elaborated that "[c]learly, Google did the right thing, but it should never have come to this." Banquet stated that "[t]he Justice Department relentlessly pursued the identity of sources for coverage that was clearly in the public interest in the final 15 days of the Trump administration.


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And the Biden administration continued to pursue it. As I said before, it profoundly undermines press freedom." New York Times published A. G. Sulzberger stated his appreciation to the Biden DOJ's new commitment, but maintained that "there is significantly more that needs to be done and we are still awaiting an explanation on why the Department of Justice moved so aggressively to seize journalists' records."


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Cameron Barr, The Washington Post's acting executive editor, stated : "We are deeply troubled by this use of government power to seek access to the communications of journalists. The Department of Justice should immediately make clear its reasons for this intrusion into the activities of reporters doing their jobs, an activity protected under the First Amendment." Sally Buzbee, executive editor, called for a "full accounting of the chain of events in both administrations and to implement enduring protections to prevent any future recurrence." She added that "[s]ecret efforts to obtain journalists' phone and email records severely hinder the ability of news organizations to uncover information of clear public interest, damaging the First Amendment."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Organizations
Bruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said the data seizure "raises serious First Amendment concerns because it interferes with the free flow of information to the public," and he called on the Justice Department to explain "exactly when prosecutors seized these records, why it is only now notifying The Post, and on what basis the Justice Department decided to forgo the presumption of advance notification under its own guidelines when the investigation apparently involves reporting over three years in the past."


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Jake Laperruque, senior counsel for The Constitution Project at the Project on Government Oversight, called for new legislation binding for future administrations to curb the controversial data gathering practice.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Organizations
A Google spokeswoman said that while it does not comment on specific cases, the company was "firmly committed to protecting our customers’ data and we have a long history of pushing to notify our customers about any legal requests."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Organizations
In a June 13 Washington Post op-ed, Microsoft President Brad Smith opined that different administrations have used gag orders with wide discretion, and that Congress should mandate heightened standards governing the use of gag orders. "Congress should prohibit the executive branch from conducting its investigations wholly in secret absent a strong showing of necessity supported by compelling evidence," Smith wrote. "And even when the government does meet that burden, any secrecy order should be narrowly tailored in time and scope. Third parties responding to such orders should have a mechanism to challenge them. And indefinite gag orders should be unlawful."


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Apple suggested the same subpoeans for data may have gone to other phone companies and tech corporations, though no other company aside from Microsoft has publicly acknowledged being served with such subpoenas.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Trump administration
The Daily Beast reported Sessions denied involvement in the subpoenaing of the committee members. He had recused himself from involvement in investigations relating to Russia in March 2017. Adam Goldman, one of the Times reporters who wrote the article about subpoenas of committee members, noted in an interview that because Sessions was recused, the decision to pursue subpoenas would presumably have fallen to deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Trump administration
Rosenstein also sought to distance himself form the controversial investigation, and recently told people that he also was not aware of a subpoena that targeted the data of Democratic lawmakers while he was deputy attorney general. Both Sessions and Rosenstein were not aware of the request for information related to McGahn and his wife.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Trump administration
In a phone interview with Politico, Barr distanced himself from the reports of the Trump DOJ issuing subpoenas for lawmakers and news reporters. He claimed he was "not aware of any congressman’s records being sought in a leak case." He added that Trump never encouraged him to target the Democratic lawmakers in his push to unmask leakers of classified information. Trump "was not aware of who we were looking at in  any of the cases," Barr said. "I never discussed the leak cases with Trump. He didn’t really ask me any of the specifics."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Trump administration
In light of none of the senior DOJ officials being aware, CNN noted that the incident would appear to be a breach of protocol and a "potential separation of powers problem" if prosecutors were investigating with little oversight.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Biden administration, White House
After news reports about the subpoenas, President Biden said that he would prohibit the Justice Department from seizing phone records or emails from reporters. Biden told CNN on May 21, "We should absolutely, positively -- it's wrong, it's simply, simply wrong," adding, "I will not let that happen."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Biden administration, White House
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki in a June 5 statement attempted to distance the White House from the DOJ's continued effort to seize data from NYT reporters, saying "As appropriate given the independence of the Justice Department in specific criminal cases, no one at the White House was aware of the gag order until Friday night (June 4)." She reiterated the president's stance that the DOJ practice would not continue moving forward.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Biden administration, White House
White House communications director Kate Bedingfield stated on June 11 that "[t]he reports of the behavior of the attorney general under Donald Trump are appalling," and suggested that Biden has a "very different relationship" with the Justice Department than his predecessor. She criticized the Trump administration's "abuse of power" with the department, and adding that the Biden administration's Justice Department is "run very, very differently." Bedingfield maintained that "[Biden] respects the independence of the Justice Department, and it's a critically important part of how he governs."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Biden administration, Justice Department
On May 7, before Biden's statement on the subject, Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi confirmed that the requests had taken place, stating "[w]hile rare, the Department follows the established procedures within its media guidelines policy when seeking legal process to obtain telephone toll records and non-content email records from media members as part of a criminal investigation into unauthorized disclosure of classified information," and that "[t]he targets of these investigations are not the news media recipients but rather those with access to the national defense information who provided it to the media and thus failed to protect it as lawfully required."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Biden administration, Justice Department
Anthony Coley, a Justice Department spokesman, stated on June 5 that "Going forward, consistent with the President's direction, this Department of Justice — in a change to its longstanding practice — will not seek compulsory legal process in leak investigations to obtain source information from members of the news media doing their jobs." He added that "on multiple occasions in recent months," the Biden-era department had moved to delay enforcement of the gag order and finally "voluntarily moved to withdraw the order before any records were produced." He added, "The department strongly values a free and independent press, and is committed to upholding the First Amendment."


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In a statement issued on June 14, Attorney General Merrick Garland affirmed that the Justice Department would "strengthen" rules regarding seeking congressional records. He expressed confidence in the inspector general's review, and stated that he instructed Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco to evaluate and strengthen existing policies and procedures for acquiring congressional records, and noted his commitment to the rule of law and separation of powers. Garland said at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on June 9 that he would issue a memo to solidify the media policy changes.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Biden administration, Justice Department
On July 19, Garland in a memo to the Justice Department instituted new rules regarding the seizure of news reporters' data or testimony. This includes no longer using compulsory legal processes when seizing data from news reporters. It also bans forcing reporters to disclosing their sources or notes. News organisations commended the action and called for such regulations to be codified.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House
On June 10, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the development "harrowing" and "another egregious assault on our democracy waged by the former president." She supported Schiff's call for an investigation into the data seizure and other acts of the "weaponization of law enforcement" by Trump. On June 13, Pelosi reiterated her prior comments and stated she believed that Sessions, Barr, and Rosenstein should testify, expressing disbelief that none of the men were unaware of the activity occurring under their authority.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House
Rep. Adam Schiff said he was shocked but not surprised at the reports. He said in a statement, "The politicization of the Department and the attacks on the rule of law are among the most dangerous assaults on our democracy carried out by the former President," adding that the Inspector General should investigate the case. He continued his criticism in a Washington Post op-ed.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House
Rep. Eric Swalwell maintained that he never leaked classified information and derided the Trump DOJ for seizing lawmakers' data. "This is about everyday Americans who don't want to see their government weaponize law enforcement against them because of their political beliefs," Swalwell said, calling Trump the "biggest brother we've ever seen," referring to Big Brother in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Swalwell confirmed to CNN that records of family members and a minor had been obtained. Both Schiff and Swalwell stated that they were unware of the circumstances of their acquired records, whether they were subjects of the data seizures or whether the investigations were appropriately predicated.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House
Rep. Jerry Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, stated that "[the committee] expect[s] the Department to provide a full accounting of these cases, and [they] expect the Attorney General to hold the relevant personnel accountable for their conduct," He announced on June 14 that the committee was opening an investigation. In a June 14 statement announcing a formal investigation, he stated "It remains possible that these cases ... are isolated incidents.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House
Even if these reports are completely unrelated, they raise serious constitutional and separation of power concerns," and that "Congress must make it extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible, for the Department to spy on the Congress or the news media. We should make it hard for prosecutors to hide behind secret gag orders for years at a time. We cannot rely on the Department alone to make these changes."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated, "I think the actions of Biden's DOJ has been extremely concerning and it's not just on the actions on gag orders, which is also extremely concerning, but across the board," referring to gag orders the Trump DOJ imposed until they expired in May.


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Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Republican Judiciary Committee member, also unusually came to Schiff's defense, stating that the "DOJ has a very nasty tendency to target its critics, Republican and Democrat." In a statement, Gaetz said "[t]he Schiff story reminded me of the DOJ’s threats to use criminal process against House staff exposing their misdeeds .. I stand against all of it, no matter how much I personally dislike Schiff."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House
Rep. Chris Stewart, a Republican Intelligence Committee member, said in a statement that "[he's] been concerned, and voiced [his] concerns, about the leaking of classified information for many years. Leaks hurt our national security, break faith between government officials and the American people, and very often are deceptive, if not completely inaccurate," and that "[he] support[s] investigating leaks of classified information." He added that "when the DOJ is acting within their legal bounds, members of the Intelligence Committee shouldn't be immune to appropriate investigations."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, Senate
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called for Barr, Sessions, Demers, and former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to appear before the Judiciary Committee for relevant questioning. Schumer and Durbin in a joint statement declared that "[t]his appalling politicization of the Department of Justice by Donald Trump and his sycophants must be investigated immediately by both the DOJ Inspector General and Congress," and that the Judiciary Committee "will vigorously investigate this abuse of power." Schumer further called the data seizure "a gross abuse of power," "assault on the separation of powers," and "fingerprints of a dictatorship, not a democracy."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, Senate
On June 14, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor stated that "[the] Department of Justice is empowered to investigate criminal conduct by members of Congress and their staff," and that "[n]ecessarily, this sort of investigation is subject to strict procedural protections. And the department's inspector general is fully equipped to determine whether those procedures were followed in this case. I am confident that the existing inquiry will uncover the truth. There is no need for a partisan circus here in Congress." He blasted Democrats for going after a "witch hunt in the making" by focusing on Barr, who McConnell said served with "honor and integrity."


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, Senate
Senate Minority Whip John Thune disagreed with McConnell and suggested that it warranted further review and investigation. He questioned how the DOJ acquired data from members of Congress and suggested the Senate committees could review the matter.


2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, Senate
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the Judiciary Committee's top Republican, indicated that he opposes a congressional probe. In a statement, Grassley stated that "[i]nvestigations into members of Congress and staff are nothing new, especially for classified leaks," and that "[t]he Justice Department has specific procedures for such sensitive investigations, and the inspector general is already working to determine if they were followed."


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Sen. John Cornyn, a Judiciary Committee member, sided with McConnell, stating that "[i]t's a court proceeding and the judge is going to decide if it is appropriate or not," and so "there's not much of a role for us to play."


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Sen. Josh Hawley, a Judiciary Committee member, stated his concerns with the appropriateness of the DOJ's subpoenas in "very rare circumstances," but declined to comment further, stating he did not know enough to comment further.


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Sen. Thom Tillis, a Judiciary Committee member, said it was "an interesting question" when asked if Barr and Sessions should be subpoenaed, suggesting it was a decision to be made between the chair on the ranking member, and that he would to defer to them bringing before the committee.


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Sen. Marsha Blackburn declined to respond on the matter, and Sen. Ben Sasse's office did not respond for comment.


2017–2018 Dominican Republic protests
The 2017–2018 protests in the Dominican Republic, Also known as Green Wave or Green Revolution was an event held on January 22, 2017 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and simultaneously in other locations in the interior of the country and Dominican communities abroad.


2017–2018 Dominican Republic protests
The march was called by a group of civil society organizations demanding that all those involved in corruption scandals be brought to justice, mainly in the Odebrecht Case that involves the Brazilian transnational company Odebrecht in the payment of bribes to officials of three Dominican governments (administrations of Hipólito Mejía, Leonel Fernández and Danilo Medina) between 2001 and 2014.


2017–2018 Dominican Republic protests
The protests occurred against corruption and impunity, led by green people using flags and waving, chanting and clapping for the resignation of the corrupt government. In July, Marches was held in response to corruption leaks by tens of thousands of protesters in Santo Domingo. Protests was also held throughout 2018 in continuation of the protests and demonstrations that occurred in 2017, and nationwide anti-corruption protests was staged peacefully and largely by the opposition and activists.


2017–2018 Honduran protests
The 2017–18 Honduran protests were occurring throughout the country since the 2017 general election.


2017–2018 Honduran protests, Background
On 30 November, with approximately 94% of the votes counted, Hernández's lead had climbed to 42.92% compared to 41.42% for Nasralla. On 1 December, the TSE announced that they would give no further results until the TSE had been able to review all of the 1,031 tally sheets which had not been properly filled out by the political parties. The 1,031 tally sheets represent 5.69% of the total vote. Later that same day, as the TSE was still trying to convoke 60 representatives and four supervisors for both Nasralla and Hernández for the final vote count, Hernández's cabinet announced a ten-day curfew from 6pm to 6am to try to calm the violence associated with the protests.


2017–2018 Honduran protests, Background
On 2 December, the Honduran National Roundtable for Human Rights issued a press release, in which it declared that the government actions were state terrorism against civilians, it warned that the declaration of a state of exception was in order to create repression to ensure electoral fraud labeling it as illegal after reading several articles of the Honduran constitution.


2017–2018 Honduran protests, Timeline
As of 2 December, at least 7 people had died in the protests with more than 20 injured. On the second night of the curfew, thousands of people participated in what is known as "cacerolazos", banging pots and pans in protest.


2017–2018 Honduran protests, Timeline
As of 15 December 2017, the court had finished a recount of ballot boxes that presented irregularities but had still not declared a winner, and protests continued throughout the country, with 16 deaths and 1,675 arrests, according to Honduras' National Human Rights' Commission. The court has 30 days from the contest to do so.