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White House suspends press aide who reportedly threatened journalist

13 February 2021 05:37 (UTC +04:00)

The White House said on Friday it temporarily suspended a press aide after he reportedly threatened a reporter who was working on a story about his romantic relationship with another journalist, APA reports quoting Reuters.

Vanity Fair reported on Friday that White House deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo had made threats - including “I will destroy you” - to a Politico correspondent who was reporting a piece about Ducklo’s recently disclosed relationship with an Axios reporter, Alexi McCammond.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki wrote on Twitter that Ducklo had been suspended for a week without pay and will not work with Politico reporters again.