Charges Against NewsNation Reporter Dropped After Video Reveals Top Military Officer Shoving Him in Chest
thewrap.comNewsNation reporter Evan Lambert, Attorney General Dave Yost said Wednesday. The charges stemmed from a Feb. 9 news conference about a train derailment and explosion in East Palestine, Ohio, where Lambert was doing a live report.
Police asked him to stop and then arrested him.Wednesday’s news came a day after a local news station reported that video it had acquired of the circumstances that preceded Lambert’s arrest showed an angle that had previously been unseen publicly.
WKBN-TV reported that surveillance video from the gymnasium in which the news conference was held revealed the top officer in Ohio’s National Guard, Major Gen.
John Harris, shoving Harris in the chest before other law enforcement officers converged around the men and separated them. Lambert was soon thereafter forcibly removed from the gym, taken to the ground and put in handcuffs.“While journalists could conceivably be subject to criminal charges for trespassing in some situations, this incident is not one of them,” Yost said in a statement. “The reporter was lawfully present at a press conference called by the governor of the state.
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