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Post by Logan on May 16, 2017 4:30:46 GMT -6
Lawyer, CEO Want Charge Dropped Against Journalist Questioning HHS Sec. Tom PriceA West Virginia journalist arrested after repeatedly asking U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price a question said he did nothing wrong, and his attorney and the media outlet's founder want the charge dropped. Reporter Daniel Ralph Heyman, who works for the independent Public News Service, was arrested by police at the state Capitol in Charleston during Price's visit Tuesday. He had wanted to ask Price about whether domestic violence is a pre-existing condition under the Republican health care proposal. Heyman got no response. So he tried again. And again. Capitol police said in a criminal complaint that Heyman, 54, caused a disturbance with his persistent questions and "was aggressively breaching" Secret Service agents who accompanied Price. Read more: wvpublic.org/post/lawyer-ceo-want-charge-dropped-against-journalist
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