Bloomberg BNA reporter Ari Natter said he was detained by Capitol Police for asking the EPA’s Gina McCarthy a question at the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) policy forum today.
@AriNatter Wow. What was the question?
— John McArdle (@cspanMcArdle) March 28, 2014
@cspanMcArdle believe it or she didn't answer
— Ari Natter (@AriNatter) March 28, 2014
https://twitter.com/sweetadelinevt/status/449577555046461440
@AriNatter @BNAHouse I'm just glad they let you tweet during this harrowing ordeal
— Heather Caygle (@heatherscope) March 28, 2014
https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/449644125042655232
In a statement he shared with Roll Call, Natter said he was trying to ask McCarthy a question about renewable fuels. “She declined to answer, but while this was going on a police officer whose name I did not catch, pushed me away from her,” he said. The officer led Natter outside and eventually released him after the officer called for backup and consulted with other police officer and a supervisor.
Thanks to everyone who tweeted support. I wrote a complaint to the press gallery. At this point I just want to go back to covering @ACORE.
— Ari Natter (@AriNatter) March 28, 2014
@AriNatter I went to sleep in a Constitutional Republic and woke up in the Soviet Union?
— TaylorinNY ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ?? (@NYPolJunkie) March 28, 2014
@AriNatter @Thomas_Drake1 @ACORE Hope you got a decent apology at the very least. You ought to bill them for your lost working time.
— Libertarian Librarian #Unity4JA (@jennyann67) March 28, 2014
I think the question we're all wondering: Did the hard time change @AriNatter?
— Alex Guillén (@alexcguillen) March 28, 2014
.@alexcguillen: Not the first time I have been threatened with arrest for doing my job as a reporter. Probably not the last either.
— Ari Natter (@AriNatter) March 28, 2014
Natter says he received an apology for the kerfuffle by Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance Gainer.
.@SenateSAA Terry Gainer called me to apologize and I accepted. Now back to tweeting about #energy.
— Ari Natter (@AriNatter) March 28, 2014
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