CNN Top Lawyer Blasts Barr Justice Department’s ‘Abuses’ in Targeting Reporters’ Email Records
a digital piece under his own byline, CNN executive vice president and general counsel David Vigilante detailed that he had been bound by a gag order since July 2020 and could not, until Wednesday, reveal details of the previous administration’s quest to obtain Barbara Starr’s email records. “This article is the first time in almost a year that I have been able to publicly address what happened to CNN without fear of prosecution.