A Detroit Reporter Comments on a Colleague’s Refusal to Disclose Federal Sources

In Detroit, a battle has been simmering between a former Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Convertino and Pulitzer Prize winning reporter David Ashenfelter. Convertino wants to know who leaked information about him to Ashenfelter, who is now taking the Fifth. By Sandra Svoboda News Hits staff/Detroit Metro Times DETROIT — Let’s get this out right from…

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Showdown in the Motown: Detroit Reporter Invokes the Fifth and Refuses to Disclose Sources

An angry ex-federal prosecutor wants to know who in the government leaked damaging information about him. And he wants a reporter to tell him who talked. The reporter is refusing. The drama continues. By Joe Swickard Detroit Free Press DETROIT — Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter declined under oath this afternoon to reveal confidential…

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