Porn star Stormy Daniels has appeared with her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, in front of a Senate judiciary committee. After the hearing, Collins expressed support for protecting anonymous sources who have come forward to help lawmakers, saying she has seen journalists “played by politicians” over “payola and all kinds of games that are, frankly, unfair.”
At the same time, the Senate judiciary chairman, Chuck Grassley, himself a Republican, and Senator John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, have attempted to get safety nets put in place to help reporters keep working after being targeted by bullies.
Recently, following a string of allegations, former Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow left the outlet after he was accused of assaulting a Breitbart intern.
And the president of Bloomberg filed a lawsuit after a short letter apparently sent by a reporter of the New York Times to Eric Trump was publicly distributed via social media.
We’re proud of this common-sense protection for journalists in the bill, which the Senate is expected to take up by the end of the week, so we hope that those who object to the legislation will do the responsible thing and stand down.
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