Justice Department Asked to Investigate Sen. Slotkin Over Remarks on Trump Administration Officials
Photo: ReasonSen. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, faces a request for a Justice Department investigation over remarks she made at an Oct. 13 University of Chicago Institute of Politics event. Mike Davis, founder and president of the conservative Article III Project, sent a Wednesday letter asking Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon's Civil Rights Division to review her statements and open an inquiry if warranted. The letter also urges scrutiny of her staff, donors and colleagues. Speaking with Vox editorial director Astead Herndon, Slotkin said she wanted to pursue major cases involving President Donald Trump and those around him, and to send a deterrence message to young people weighing administration jobs. Ethics complaints have reportedly been filed, and Trump has criticized her. Slotkin has tried to explain what she meant.
Left-leaning outlets had not reported the story at the time of writing; alternative and right-leaning outlets had. Reason, an alternative outlet, ran a discussion of Slotkin's and journalist Kara Swisher's remarks, calling them worrisome and suggestive of retribution. The Washington Examiner leads with Davis's letter. The Daily Wire claims it broke the story and says Democrats should answer for her words.
How the sides differ Left sources have not covered it; alternative sources frame it as a retribution debate, while right sources stress the DOJ letter and ethics complaints.
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Not covering this story. None of the left-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
Reason presents a Free Media discussion between Robby Soave and Amber Duke, treating Slotkin's and Kara Swisher's remarks as worrisome signals of possible retribution if Democrats regain Congress.
- Daily WireWe Broke The Elissa Slotkin Witch Hunt Story. This Is What Democrats Didn’t Want You To Hear.
The Washington Examiner leads with Mike Davis's letter urging a DOJ probe, quoting him. The Daily Wire focuses on Slotkin's own words, ethics complaints and Trump's condemnation, and says Democrats should answer for them.