CBS News returns confidential files of reporter covering Hunter Biden laptop scandal
NY Post
CBS News on Monday finally returned confidential files belonging to fired investigative reporter Catherine Herridge amid mounting pressure from the House Judiciary Committee and the union representing the journalist, The Post has learned
Herridge — who is in the middle of a key First Amendment case — had been probing the Hunter Biden laptop scandal when the acclaimed journalist was shockingly fired as part of mass layoffs by parent company Paramount Global nearly two weeks ago.
Her personal files — along with her work laptop, which may have contained other confidential info — were immediately confiscated and locked away at CBS headquarters in Manhattan.
“Catherine Herridge’s union representative picked up her materials this morning,” a CBS News rep confirmed to The Post on Monday.
The Post exclusively reported on Friday that the House Judiciary Committee is launching a probe into the network’s shocking seizure of the reporter’s files as part of her termination.
“The unprecedented actions of CBS News threaten to chill good journalism and ultimately weaken our nation’s commitment to a free press,” committee wrote in a letter to CBS News president Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews.
