Chicago reporter sues Mayor Lori Lightfoot for revoking press credentials: 'Chilling effect on all reporters'

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Chicago reporter William J. Kelly discusses his lawsuit against Lori Lightfoot for revoking his press credentials following combative exchanges with her office.

William J. Kelly says city revoked his press credentials following combative exchanges with the mayor's office on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'A Chicago reporter who filed a federal lawsuit againstfor revoking his press credentials accused the city of trying to silence him after a series of contentious exchanges with the mayor's office where he repeatedly questioned her"failures in performance.

In the suit, Kelly alleged that upon Lightfoot's instruction, Brown"directed a police officer assigned to Lightfoot’s seventy officer strong security force to fabricate a report that Kelly had bumped into him on July 19, 2022. Brown then used this false report as a pretext to revoke Kelly’s press credentials on August 8, 2022."

A recording from Kelly of the July 19 incident shows him following Lightfoot after she avoided taking his question at a press conference and being physically blocked by her personnel.

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