Fired CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge speaks out over seized files at Capitol Hill hearing: ‘Crossed a red line’
NY Post
Catherine Herridge — the acclaimed CBS News investigative journalist known for her reporting on the Hunter Biden laptop scandal — told the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday that the network “crossed a red line” when it seized her files after she was fired.
Breaking her silence for the first time since her controversial firing in February, Herridge slammed her former bosses for potentially putting her sources at risk.
“CBS News’ decision to seize my reporting records crossed a red line that I believe should never be crossed by any media organization,” she said in her opening statement at the hearing, titled “Fighting for a Free Press: Protecting Journalists and their Sources,”
“Multiple sources said they were concerned that by working with me to expose government corruption and misconduct they would be identified and exposed.”
Herridge — who is in the middle of a First Amendment case being closely watched by journalists nationwide — was among 20 CBS News staffers let go as part of a larger purge of 800 employees by Paramount.
“CBS News locked me out of the building and seized hundreds of pages of my reporting files, including confidential source information,” Herridge testified.
