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White House Deputy Press Secretary Suspended After Report He Threatened Politico Reporter

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White House Deputy Press Secretary T.J. Ducklo was suspended for one week without pay after a report that he threatened a reporter for Politico.Ducklo also will no longer be assigned to work with Politico’s reporting team.On Friday, Vanity Fair reported that Ducklo had a verbal confrontation with Politico‘s Tara Palmeri, who was working on a story on his relationship with a reporter for Axios, Alexi McCammond.

A male Politico reporter had contacted Ducklo, while Palmeri had contacted McCammond. But Ducklo called Palmeri to object to the piece.“I will destroy you” if the story was published, Ducklo told her, according to Vanity Fair.

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