Catherine Herridge
Cory amplifies 212×Straight-news investigator and press-freedom litigant.
Veteran investigative journalist who covered national security and intelligence at Fox News and then CBS News (laid off in Feb 2024). She is known for source-driven reporting on the FBI, intelligence community, and government documents, and as of 2026 works independently and advocates for press freedom, including testimony to Congress on a federal reporter's-shield law.
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MY FIRST AMENDMENT CASE: SUPREME COURT CERT PETITION NOW PUBLICLY DOCKETED We believe the critical First Amendment issues in this case merit the Supreme Court’s review. If I had been a reporter in Boston, in the First Circuit, the subpoena for my confidential sources would https://t.co/NrqtvQsbCo
20d ago · 3,032 likes
EXCLUSIVE: Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon @AAGDhillon confirmed 75k independent voters in Chester County PA were not included on the poll book Tuesday. “...that's a massive fail. So I think people can expect that there will be follow-up action from @AGPamBondi https://t.co/Vw4yFvyVT8
11mo ago · 31,469 likes
I have exciting personal news. This Sunday I will be launching a new weekly show ‘Straight To The Point with Catherine Herridge’ This means more investigations and more big interviews that demand accountability. It's a first of its kind collaboration with the LA Times Media https://t.co/1Wq3YESfg7
11mo ago · 19,896 likes
NEW: APPROVAL CAME FROM THE TOP Biden administration AG Garland, his deputy Lisa Monaco and then Director Christopher Wray physically signed off on FBI probe codenamed ARCTIC FROST. The records via @ChuckGrassley show authorization based on “limited detail and basis” including https://t.co/FdaaKzlwjL
1y ago · 27,284 likes
The strongest case
Confidential sources are indispensable to investigative journalism and government accountability; a strong reporter's privilege to protect those sources must be shielded, or whistleblowers stop coming forward.
And against
In the reporting at the center of her contempt case, the subject (scientist Yanping Chen) was never charged and sued over the leaks — raising the fair question of whether stories built on leaked investigative files caused reputational harm without proven wrongdoing.
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On the record
On Feb 29, 2024, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper held Herridge in civil contempt for refusing to identify a confidential source in a Privacy Act lawsuit (Chen v. FBI), imposing an $800/day fine that was stayed pending appeal; an appeals panel later upheld the order and she continued to refuse to name the source. [source]