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Giuliani Has Reporter Arrested, Jailed, For Asking Question

[ Posted Thursday, June 7th, 2007 – 13:48 UTC ]

I will have more information later (hopefully), but wanted to post this as a heads-up. There are reports on it here, here (with video), here, and here if you want to read more.

The basic story:

Apparently, at a recent press conference, Rudy Giuliani was asked a question about his prior knowledge of the collapse of the WTC towers - and the reporter was arrested at the orders of Giuliani’s press secretary. The reporter was taken to jail - in violation of the First Admendment - and is being charged with felony criminial trespass. Because the reporter was using a camera, state police are even considering charges of espionage.

Continuing developments:

Matt Lepacek, the reporter who was kicked out of the CNN press room and arrested after asking Rudy Giuliani's staff a question, has now been released on bail. Criminal indictments are now being pursued against the police involved as well as Giuliani's staffers for their flagrant abuse of the First Amendment, assault and wrongful arrest.

More later....

One Comment on “Giuliani Has Reporter Arrested, Jailed, For Asking Question”

  1. [1] 
    Herm71 wrote:

    God Bless America! So glad we have a constitution granting freedom of ... aw hell, I can't remember.

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