![]() ![]() And I just can’t get into, you know, what people are sharing with me.” That’s, you know, it’s not going to be anytime soon. “With every single character in the book, I have an agreement that I’m not going to divulge anything about anything until the book comes out. ![]() Leibovich also declined to explain the full breadth of Bardella’s cooperation. When asked if he gave permission for Bardella to blind copy Leibovich on correspondence with other journalists, Hill responded by urging the reporter to “have a great weekend.” “I’m not.”įrederick Hill, the communications director for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Friday he is “aware of Kurt’s conversations with Mark but don’t have any comment for you beyond that.” “I’m not going to get into the details of proprietary conversations about Mark’s project,” Bardella told POLITICO. He then declined to answer further questions as of late Monday afternoon. “It troubles me too,” Issa said, adding that if it is going on, “I’m going to get it stopped.”Ĭonfronted about whether he was sharing the e-mails with Leibovich, Bardella initially said, “Am I bcc’ing him on every e-mail I send out? Of course not.” He said he agrees that if Bardella forwarded or blind-copied reporter e-mails to Leibovich, it would be improper. In an earlier interview with POLITICO, Issa said he was aware his staff has been cooperating with Leibovich and that he had had a hallway interview with Leibovich himself. … I want to know in minute terms what the terms are.” As of late Monday afternoon, Leibovich said he had not heard from Issa or his staff. Issa said he was seeking to speak to Leibovich personally on Wednesday to ascertain “what kind of cooperation he was expecting. “His collaboration with the book author is what I want to get to the bottom of,” Issa said. Issa said Monday that Bardella assured him that “he does not share information between one reporter and another.” But he added there are questions about whether he might have treated Leibovich and his book project differently. Issa, Bardella and Leibovich all were given several opportunities by POLITICO to deny that the e-mails were improperly shared. On Tuesday morning, Issa fired Bardella as a result of his investigation. Bardella has been cooperating extensively with the Times’s Mark Leibovich on the book, and Issa told POLITICO Monday that he would “get to the bottom” of exactly what Bardella shared with Leibovich. ![]()
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