Matt Taibbi could face years in prison over ‘false and misleading’ testimony suggests House Democrat

A House Democrat has threatened journalist Matt Taibbi with imprisonment over his testimony before Congress last month in connection with the Twitter Files.

Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) in a letter to Taibbi alleges his March 9 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Weaponization “has since been revealed to be false and misleading.”

Plaskett’s threat to imprison a journalist drew instant rebuke and at least one call for her to resign.

“Lawmakers should not be sending these kinds of letters to journalists. Ironic this is from a ‘weaponization’ committee member,” media journalist and former Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter tweeted.

The Intercept’s Ryan Grim tweeted: “Dem Rep. Stacey Plaskett is threatening @mtaibbi with prison over his Twitter Files testimony. The testimony is actually accurate-though she’s referring to an error in a tweet that’s been corrected. That’s beside the point: To call for a reporter to be jailed is beyond the pale.”

Grim in a reply called for the congresswoman’s resignation.