President-elect Donald Trump is stepping up his long-running war with the media by demanding Republicans nix a reporter shield law working its way through Congress.
“REPUBLICANS MUST KILL THIS BILL!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The bill in question is the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act, which would guarantee protections against government seizure of reporters’ records. It unanimously passed in the House earlier this year but may now be imperiled in the Senate with just weeks to go before this session of Congress ends.
Trump attached a clip to his social media post, in which Committee to Protect Journalists CEO Jodie Ginsberg mentions legal threats Trump made against CBS News and the New York Times.
“It’s really urgent that we pass this law,” Ginsberg said.
Her group had already issued a statement the morning after the election,…
