FBI Investigating Alleged Hack of MSNBC Host Joy Reid's Blog
MSNBC host Joy Reid claims that foul play was responsible for a series of decades-old homophobic blog posts that were unearthed on Monday and look to have been written by her, well before her cable news career began. Now, the FBI is formally investigating the accusations, her lawyer said on Wednesday night.
"We have received confirmation the FBI has opened an investigation into potential criminal activities surrounding several online accounts, including personal email and blog accounts, belonging to Joy-Ann Reid," Reid's lawyer, John H. Reichman, said in a statement that was provided to The Hollywood Reporter by MSNBC. "Our own investigation and monitoring of the situation will continue in parallel, and we are cooperating with law enforcement as their investigation proceeds.”
The blog posts, which appeared on the now-defunct site The Reid Report, included homophobic slights against several public figures.
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