House Panel Probes CBS Over Alleged Seizure of Reporter’s Files

The House Judiciary Committee is calling on CBS News to provide information about the termination of veteran reporter Catherine Herridge who was investigating the Hunter Biden laptop incident, and the alleged subsequent seizure of her personal documents. In a Feb. 23 letter (pdf) that was sent to CBS News President Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who chairs the committee, requested that the network disclose the identity of the individual at CBS or the parent company Paramount Global who “made the decision to terminate” Ms. Herridge. The committee has stated that it is also interested in learning the reason confidential files were “seized” as part of her termination....