{"id":5075,"date":"2020-04-09T07:04:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T11:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=5075"},"modified":"2020-04-09T07:04:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T11:04:05","slug":"jerry-falwell-jr-claims-trespass-warrants-have-been-issued-for-reporters-who-investigated-liberty-universitys-coronavirus-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=5075","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Falwell Jr. claims trespass warrants have been issued for reporters who investigated Liberty University&rsquo;s coronavirus policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Politico reported that Jerry Falwell, Jr., the president of Liberty University, has announced there are warrants issued for ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis and a New York Times photographer Julia Rendleman, who reported on his school&rsquo;s controversial decision to reopen the campus to students in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is a \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/propublica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@propublica<\/a>\u2069 story Jerry Falwell Jr. is apparently really angry about our having reported <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zdxtn1eUar\">https:\/\/t.co\/Zdxtn1eUar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Tofel (@dicktofel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dicktofel\/status\/1248069717153255424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#39;s a video, posted to a Liberty University Instagram account that is followed by Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr, of a &quot;White Claw corona party&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hZjtAoMGea\">https:\/\/t.co\/hZjtAoMGea<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuddLegum\/status\/1248028790607040513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-PJC9awbBtM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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