{"id":2200010,"date":"2024-03-15T17:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-condemns-russia-issuing-arrest-warrant-for-washington-examiner-columnist\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T17:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:31:49","slug":"white-house-condemns-russia-issuing-arrest-warrant-for-washington-examiner-columnist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-condemns-russia-issuing-arrest-warrant-for-washington-examiner-columnist\/","title":{"rendered":"White House denounces Russia&#8217;s arrest warrant for Washington Examiner writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-condemns-russia-issuing-arrest-warrant-for-washington-examiner-columnist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2200010&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The\u200b White House Issues a \u2062Firm Rebuttal \u2062to Russian \u2063Actions\u2062 Against U.S. Journalists<\/h2>\n<p>In \u2062a bold move defending the freedom\u2063 of the press, \u200dthe \u2063 <strong>White House has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-era-journos-will-america-ever-be-worthy-of-their-sacrifice\/\" title=\"Trump-Era Journos: Will America Ever Be Worthy of Their Sacrifice?\">openly criticized<\/a> the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-led-nord-stream-2-pipeline-resumes-construction-in-europe-after-halting-under-trump-report\/\" title=\"Russian-Led Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Resumes Construction In Europe After Halting Under Trump: Report\">punitive measures<\/a><\/strong> taken \u200dby Russia\u200c towards American \u200bmedia representatives. Tensions have escalated with\u200c the issuance of a \u2062startling arrest warrant\u2062 dated\u2063 March \u20637th for <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist Tom Rogan.<\/p>\n<h3>Russian\u2063 Intimidation\u200c Tactics Escalate<\/h3>\n<p>Adding to the\u200c alarming \u2063developments, Russia has\u200b audaciously \u2064categorized <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> Editor-in-Chief Hugo Gurdon\u2064 as\u200d an extremist and terrorist. This announcement arrived ominously close to the grim milestone marking \u2063two \u200byears \u2062of conflict in\u2064 Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement that resonated with concern and \u2062disapproval, National Security Council \u2062spokesman John Kirby addressed this severe matter:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Sadly, it\u2019s consistent with the Kremlin approach \u2062to, particularly, journalists \u200cand the crackdown by the Kremlin on free speech and speech, in fact, that Mr. Putin finds\u200b offensive or inimical to his own selfish \u2063interests,&#8221; Kirby stated. &#8220;It\u2019s, I think, just\u200d another reminder, and I think it underscores, first of\u200d all, the danger to \u2064Americans who may\u200b be in Russia and the need \u2062not to \u2063be\u2063 there, \u200dbut \u200dalso the real danger of an autocrat like Putin,\u2064 and what he\u2019s really after.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Provocative\u2062 Article Behind\u200b the\u2062 Controversy<\/h3>\n<p>The\u2064 warrant targeting Rogan is a retaliation for a provocative 2018 piece he penned, boldly titled \u2064&#8221;Ukraine should blow up Putin\u2019s Crimea bridge,&#8221; as cited by Russian \u200bstate media.\u200c An investigation into both\u200d Rogan\u2064 and Gurdon was \u200creportedly initiated shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<h3>A Stern Warning Amidst Growing Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>Kirby conveyed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhss-becerra-warns-people-will-die-if-scotus-knocks-down-vaccine-mandate-will-be-on-their-conscience\/\" title=\"HHS's Becerra Warns 'People Will Die' if SCOTUS Knocks Down Vaccine Mandate -- 'Will Be on Their Conscience'\">grave warning<\/a> to the press, indicating \u200cthat Russia appears to be on\u2062 the cusp\u200c of\u200d a deal\u2062 with Iran to acquire \u2062short-range ballistic missiles, poised for utilization in the ongoing conflict with Ukraine. He emphasized that these talks are \u200d&#8221;active and they\u2019ve\u200d been advancing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Were Iran to proceed with providing ballistic missiles or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-fairfax-virginia-public-school-employees-stole-35000-school-laptops-police\/\" title=\"2 Fairfax, Virginia, Public School Employees Stole 35,000 School Laptops: Police\">related technology<\/a> to Russia,\u2064 we&#8217;re prepared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-attempted-to-abduct-at-least-3-american-journalists-in-2019-and-2020\/\" title=\"Iran Attempted To Abduct at Least 3 American Journalists in 2019 and 2020\">respond swiftly<\/a> and in a coordinated manner, including with new and significant\u200d measures,&#8221;<\/strong> Kirby asserted, foreshadowing potential repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>For those seeking an in-depth understanding of \u2063these events, delve into more articles from the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> or watch Friday&#8217;s thorough briefing\u2064 for additional\u2062 insights.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Embedded video frame for additional context and information --><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"03\/15\/24: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GVemdRiIkCk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House blasts Russia for targeting U.S. journalists with sanctions and extremist labels, including arrest warrants for Washington Examiner&#8217;s Tom Rogan and blacklisting Editor-in-Chief Hugo Gurdon amid Ukraine war anniversary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2200011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24075706375046.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2200010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24075706375046.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2200010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2200011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2200010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2200010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2200010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}