Back in 2017, a Fox News reporter named Catherine Herridge published a series of stories about a Chinese immigrant scientist named Yanping Chen. Chen had been investigated by the FBI over allegations that she had lied on her immigration forms and may have used her position in the United States to leak data about American service members to the Chinese government. She didn’t wind up being charged, but she sued Herridge after the reporter refused to reveal the confidential source that provided her with inside information about the investigation into Chen. Now a federal judge in Washington may find Herridge in contempt and subject her to increasingly steep fines in an attempt to force her to reveal the source’s identity to Chen’s lawyers. This case has many First Amendment advocates watching nervously. (AP)Read More
Fox Reporter May Be Held in Contempt of Court
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