Ryan Lizza Says Politico Hit Him With a Cease and Desist Over Substack Criticizing Trump Coverage

Former politico reporter Ryan Lizza said Tuesday that lawyers for his previous employer sent him a cease and desist order in response to comments he made about the outlet's coverage of Donald Trump, and have ordered him to take down not just those comments but the entire article in which they appeared. Lizza, who for 6 years was Politico's Chief Washington Correspondent as well as co-author of its "The Playbook" newsletter, revealed Monday that he was no longer affiliated the with website in an essay announcing the launch of his new Substack newsletter, Telos. Lizza hadn't actually . . .