US EditionUS: Grenell threatens to revoke visa of German journalist
Richard Grenell, former US ambassador to Germany, demands visa revocation for ZDF journalist Elmar Theveßen over critical remarks linking Trump aide's views to extremist ideology.
- Richard Grenell, a former US ambassador, called for Elmar Thevessen's US visa to be revoked, but ZDF, Germany's public broadcaster, defended Thevessen's work as protected by press freedom on Monday.
- After Charlie Kirk was killed on September 10, Elmar Thevessen alluded to Miller's ethnonationalist views as 'somewhat reminiscent of the ideology of the Third Reich' and faced backlash for his remarks.
- Union leaders said they had written to the US embassy in Berlin, while the German Journalists Association and PEN condemned political escalation and defended press protections against threats to Thevessen.
- A proposed visa plan would limit journalist visas to 240 days instead of five years, prompting around 100 media outlets including the European Broadcasting Union and Deutschlandradio to appeal against it, while critics warned the dispute may worsen conditions for foreign journalists in the US.
- Right-Wing politicians and hard-right influencers escalated pressure by naming Kirk's detractors, while Christopher Landau and Pete Hegseth urged action, and at least 15 people faced job consequences last week.
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