N.C. GOP Spokesman Urges Reporter to Drop News Story, Citing Trump Ties

N.C. GOP spokesman urges reporter to drop news story, citing Trump ties

Communications director Matt Mercer later said in a social media post that Trump should “feed ProPublica to the USAID wood chipper.”

North Carolina Republican uses 'connections with the Trump admin' to threaten reporter

Republican Party officials are now using their “connections” to the Trump administration to threaten journalists into dropping critical coverage.That’s what Doug Bock Clark, a reporter for ProPublica, recently discovered as he worked on a feature-length story on the rise of Paul Newby, the Republican chief justice of North Carolina’s Supreme Court, who has become one of the most quietly influential jurists in the nation.The piece published Thurs…

North Carolina GOP Official Uses 'Connections With the Trump Admin' to Threaten ProPublica Journalist

A North Carolina GOP official tried to use Trump to scare a ProPublica journalist into killing a critical story: ​“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump administration,” he said. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”

’Drop the Story’: GOP Operative Threatened ProPublica Reporter Investigating 2024 Election Rigging

A reporter from ProPublica found themselves facing something more than closed doors and stone-walling: a direct threat. When the investigation dug into how the 2024 election map in North Carolina was engineered, a communications director for the state GOP told the reporter in no uncertain terms: “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” The piece being pursued centered on Chief Justice Paul Newby of the North Carolina Supreme Court and how…

GOP aide threatened to sic Trump on journalist if story wasn't killed: report

A communications director working for the North Carolina Republican Party threatened a reporter, according to a new ProPublica report. In a report about a North Carolina Supreme Court judge using "his perch" as "an instrument of political power," it was revealed that political leaders were eager to ...

An NC Republican Party spokesman appeared to threaten ProPublica, citing party ties to Trump's administration, and tried to coerce the outlet to kill a story

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