Republican Congressman Andy Harris threatened a student journalist with criminal prosecution and demanded that police seize her camera after she recorded him during a press exchange in Maryland. The confrontation has raised questions about whether the lawmaker misunderstood the recording law he insisted he knew, with a regional press association publicly declaring his interpretation wrong.
The heated encounter unfolded on Tuesday, 13 October, following Harris' debate against Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz in Cambridge, Maryland. Video captured by a Baltimore Banner photojournalist showed Harris confronting Cat Murphy, a University of Maryland graduate student and Capital News Service reporter.
