Free Press fails to disclose funding after congressional request

Free Press is waiting for Rep Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) to submit a formal request before sharing a list of its ten largest donors.

"Rep. Blackburn never formally requested information about our donors. During research director Derek Turner’s testimony, she asked him about our funding, and he replied that we take no corporate or government money, and that all of our funding comes from private donors and foundations," said Free Press Communications Director Dave Saldana. "Since then, we have been waiting for her to submit her inquiry in writing for the record, and we haven’t received any such thing." Blackburn spokesman Claude Chafin said, "When Mrs. Blackburn asked Free Press in an open hearing to divulge their funding sources for the record, and the witness replies 'Absolutely, I'd be pleased to. Yes,' she takes them at their word. Free Press can hide behind a piece of paper if they want to, but the question is what are they hiding?"