We love Catherine Herridge here at Twitchy. She's what actual journalists do, and we've written about her in the past. She's facing fines and jail time over a contempt ruling related to her sources. Herridge refuses to name those sources related to her reporting on the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
And now she may be facing punishment for it:
A federal appeals court panel appears unlikely to rescue a former Fox News reporter facing fines — and potentially jail time — for refusing to identify her source for a series of stories about a woman with ties to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
The case involving reporter Catherine Herridge could become the first big showdown over press freedom during President Donald Trump’s second term.
As president, Trump will lack the power to directly waive the fine or potential jail time that Herridge faces, but he could order the Justice Department to settle an underlying lawsuit filed by the woman, Yanping Chen. Settling the suit would wipe away the fines and any other punishment against Herridge.
Trump has long praised and amplified Herridge’s reporting on other topics, especially her stories that raised questions about the investigations he faced in 2017 and 2018 over his presidential campaign’s contacts with Russia.
It's also refreshing to see a story that doesn't make Trump out to somehow be the villain.
He did not. We wondered about that too.
Yup.
CBS fired her.
And CBS doesn't seem interested in helping her.
Well, would you look at that….all these leftist loonbats in the comments championing the prosecution of the protected rights of a journalist, while screaming Trump is a threat to democracy out of the other side of their faces. Bravo.???? ???? ???? #TDS
— Josiah (@RealJCochran) November 18, 2024
It's almost like they don't care about any of that.
As a journalist will do. Shouldn't come to this, though.
We all know what they're trying to imply.
We sure do.
Not an accident at all.
It is outrageous.
Sure does. That's not a good thing.