Editorial: Villanueva’s attempt to intimidate a Times reporter is a gaslighting assault on the press
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Apr 28, 2022
3 minutes
Sheriff Alex Villanueva outdid even himself at a Tuesday news conference when he said he had launched a criminal investigation targeting Los Angeles Times reporter Alene Tchekmedyian, who has steadfastly reported on the sheriff’s volatile and erratic leadership of the L.A. County law enforcement agency. After being roundly criticized by First Amendment advocates, the sheriff the same afternoon denied that he had said any such thing, despite his recorded and widely reported earlier statements to the contrary.
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