Critics blast Dem Rep. StaceyPlaskett for threatening journalist Matt Taibbi with jail time: 'Party of norms'
Journalist Matt Taibbi, who collaborated on the Twitter Files, sounds off on 'The Story.'
Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., the ranking member of the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, sent a letter to Taibbi regarding a comment he told lawmakers, which she alleged included an error that was previously propped up by MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan in a tense interview exchange regarding the name of one of the federal agencies swept up in the Twitter Files.
Democratic Rep. Stacey Plaskett is facing intense backlash for threatening journalist Matt Taibbi with jail time over an allegedly erroneous statement he made to Congress about his Twitter Files reporting."Now Rep.
"The party of Norms threatens to imprison a journalist for confusing nearly identical acronyms," Washington Free Beacon Aaron Sibarium similarly expressed. "Stacey Plaskett trying to disprove the notion that the federal government is being weaponized against dissenters by threatening Matt Taibbi with 5 years jail time," Reason Magazine senior editor Robby Soave pointed out.
"Send an IRS agent to Taibbi's home the day he's testifying about the weaponization of the federal government. Have a non-voting delegate to the U.S. House threaten him with perjury for truthful statements made in sworn testimony over an error in a tweet raised by an MSNBC host.
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