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The motion to hold Herridge in contempt and levy stiff financial penalties on her - all for declining to violate the fundamental journalistic principle of protecting source identity - led to a swift show of support for her from both CBS News and Fox News. “There being clear and convincing evidence of Herridge’s defiance of the AugOrder and no valid cause for such defiance, a finding of contempt should issue and sanctions should be imposed.” Chen requests both compensatory sanctions awarded to her and a continuing, coercive financial sanction, payable to the Court, to compel Herridge to comply with the Order,” the motion from Chen said. “Without consequences, Herridge has no reason to comply with the Court’s order. In a filing made public Tuesday, Chen’s camp formally asked the court to reprimand her. Herridge’s refusal to reveal her source(s) did not sit well with Chen. “Are you going to decline to answer that question?” Chen’s lawyer asked.Īnd so it went throughout the duration of the deposition. “Objection privilege,” Herridge’s lawyer exclaimed. “Will you tell me who that source was?” a lawyer for plaintiff Chen asked. Herridge politely declined to answer dozens of such questions. 26 deposition of Herridge, when the veteran journalist was repeatedly asked about how she obtained the information for her 2017 stories. But Cooper disagreed and ordered otherwise, stating that “Chen’s need for the requested evidence overcomes Herridge’s qualified First Amendment privilege in this case.” Fox News and Herridge aggressively fought the move, arguing that Cooper should quash the subpoenas because of First Amendment protections afforded to the press. In an effort to prove her case, Chen subpoenaed Herridge and Fox News, with the hope of unmasking the source(s) for the stories. Chen has alleged that federal authorities improperly leaked information about her, violating the Privacy Act.

Citing documents reviewed by Fox News, Herridge reported that Chen was the subject of a federal probe. The order from Judge Christopher Cooper came as a result of a lawsuit filed by Chinese American scientist Yanping Chen against the Federal Bureau of Investigation. District Court for the District of Columbia. Her refusal to disclose the source(s) was in direct defiance of an alarming court order issued earlier this year, by which Herridge’s camp will surely appeal, of the U.S.

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In a late-September deposition, the CBS News senior investigative correspondent declined to reveal her source(s) for a series of 2017 stories she reported on during her time at Fox News, according to a court filing made public Tuesday. Catherine Herridge is on the brink of being held in contempt of court.

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