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SCOTUS Won't Halt Fines of Reporter Over Sources
Newser • • nation
Key Points:
- The Supreme Court declined to intervene in a case where former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge faces an $800-a-day fine for refusing to reveal her confidential source.
- Herridge reported in 2017 on Chinese-American scientist Yanping Chen, who was investigated by the FBI but never charged, raising concerns about Chen's alleged ties to the Chinese military.
- Chen sued the FBI and Justice Department in 2018 over leaks related to the investigation, and a judge ordered Herridge to disclose her sources during a deposition.
- US District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that Chen's need for information in her lawsuit outweighed Herridge's reporter privilege, but Herridge has continued to refuse to reveal her sources.
