CNN: Trump administration pursued CNN reporter’s records in months-long secret court battle
The Trump administration battled with CNN for half a year to obtain the email records of a reporter and insisted it all take place under an extraordinary order of secrecy, CNN’s lead attorney revealed on Wednesday.
CNN’s general counsel was “under a gag order prohibiting him from sharing any details about the government’s efforts with anyone beyond the network’s president, top attorneys at CNN’s corporate parent and attorneys at an outside law firm.” This is extraordinary.
CNN general counsel David Vigilante: It's "almost unconscionable" and "kind of an offensive premise" to be told that I could not be "relied upon to speak in confidence with a client…" pic.twitter.com/sQBg7ZiC8a
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 9, 2021
