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The new Pentagon press rules being protested by the media wouldn’t have stopped him from doing the job during his decade covering the U.S. military beat, nationally-syndicated talk radio show and podcast host Chris Plante tells CNSNews in an exclusive interview. The vast majority of reporters turned in their Pentagon press credentials last week because new rules designed to prevent leaks require them to be accompanied by escorts at times and forbid them from soliciting confidential information from government employees. But, Plante says the rules wouldn’t have hurt his reporting – and won’t encumber veteran reporters working inside the Pentagon today. “They might make your day at work a little more annoying. If you are new to the beat, it might make things a little tougher for you to find out what’s going on” - but they won’t prevent Pentagon reporters from getting the information they need, Plante explains: “I covered the U.S. military and intelligence for ten years. I went to my office in the Pentagon every weekday for a decade. “I honestly think that these new rules, such as they are, would not have stopped me from finding out what was going on behind the scenes, or doing my job in any way. And I think that seasoned reporters covering the beat would not be impeded by them.” “For me, a good and fun story to dig into right now would be the newfound practice of blowing up Venezuelan drug boats from the air. Fun story,” Plante says. “I would want to sit down with people in the building who are smart on that topic.” “And I am confident that I would find those people, regardless of the new rules,” Plante tells CNSNews. Even so, the new Pentagon press policy does have its downsides, Plante notes. For one, the policy will probably backfire, he says: “Believe it or not, I would expect that there will be people working in the Pentagon who are annoyed by the new rules and might be inclined to leak more as a form or rebellion. That sort of thing certainly happens. “Keep in mind that reporters don’t leak. Government officials leak. These rules might create some tension among government employees who won’t want to be seen talking to a reporter in their office, in a hallway, or at lunch. But not among reporters.” And, while the new policy may occasionally be effective, it could potentially do more harm that good, Plante warns. “I suppose that it is possible that some conversations might not take place between Pentagon officials and reporters because of the new rules. But I’m not sure that is a good thing,” Plante says: “This is a press corps that does a better job of reporting the real stories - life and death stories - if they are more well informed on matters of military affairs.” …. “Good reporting on the U.S. military matters in ways that reporting from other beats might not. The military is dealing in matters regarding the actual life and death of Americans every day. Not to mention the trillions of our tax dollars spent by the Pentagon over time.” “The government employees that leak from the Pentagon, both military and civilian, tend to leak on matters that they see as important because there are billions of tax dollars at stake, or the lives of our sons and daughters are being jeopardized in foolish ways,” Plante says. “And that is why we allow reporters to wander the 17 and a half miles of corridors of the Pentagon. It’s a great American tradition.” While “a lot of people in the media are certainly overreacting to the so-called ‘new rules,’” veteran Pentagon reporters won’t be stopped from doing their jobs, Plante says. “The Pentagon press corps includes reporters that have been there every day for more than 30 years. Their connections and their contacts will continue to be sources for them.” What’s more, attention-seeking members of the fake news media who hate President Trump are the ones who are overreacting, Plante explains: “But the little fake news media rebellion - with a high school walk-out and everything - gives some media types with severe Trump Derangement Syndrome an opportunity to play the victim. To be a martyr. Victimized by the big, bad Trump administration. Orange Man Bad.” “Now get back to work, silly reporters, Plante tells the leftist media showboats.

Edward Coristine, the young engineer known as "Big Balls" who previously worked for the Department of Government Efficiency, was beaten to a pulp by a group of 10 young suspects during an attempted carjacking on Aug. 3 in the national capital.One week after a Biden-nominated judge cut two of the attackers loose and spared them from jail time, the Trump Justice Department announced charges against another pair of suspects.BackgroundAfter the attack, during which Coristine stood his ground and defended his girlfriend, police apprehended two suspects at the scene — a 15-year-old male and a 15-year-old female of Hyattsville, Maryland — and charged both with unarmed carjacking.'We're not going to be happy until we get every person who was involved.'While the attack was so savage as to prompt President Donald Trump to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard, Kendra Briggs, a Biden-nominated associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, treated two of the attackers with kid gloves.First, Briggs decided it wasn't worth keeping the thugs in custody, telling one of Coristine's attackers, "I don't want to put hardship on your family."After instructing both thugs to refrain from possessing weapons or entering into other people's vehicles unless they have permission from the owners, Briggs directed the male attacker to hang out at his mother's home and the female attacker to move from the secure Youth Services Center to a youth shelter house.RELATED: The city that chose crime and chaos over courage Photo by Win McNamee/Getty ImagesObliging the request by prosecutors last week, Briggs decided ultimately not to incarcerate the two attackers.The male attacker, who pleaded guilty to four counts related to a robbery and the separate beating of Coristine, received one year of probation. The female attacker, who pleaded guilty to a count of simple assault for pepper-spraying someone during the robbery, was sentenced to nine months of probation.Briggs emphasized that the goal of juvenile court was "rehabilitation, not punishment.""To this day, they’ve only caught two out of the ten. Eight of them remain on the street. That night could’ve gone far differently. Think of your daughters and mothers. The same group attacked people before and after us, breaking ribs and stomping heads," Coristine noted last week. "This senseless crime must be stopped."Another twoThe Trump DOJ revealed on Monday that it was charging two more teens in connection with the attack on Coristine and the corresponding attempted carjacking.Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, indicated that Laurence Cotton-Powell, 19, and Anthony Taylor, 18, face charges including assault with intent to commit robbery and robbery — not only in connection with the attack on Coristine but in connection with a separate attack on another individual just minutes earlier at a nearby gas station.Whereas Taylor, a teen from Maryland, has no known criminal history, Cotton-Powell is apparently a seasoned thug who has benefited from bleeding hearts in the judiciary.Pirro claimed that despite committing crimes while on probation for a previous felony conviction, Cotton-Powell was nevertheless free to attack Coristine and Ethan Levine, the second victim who was stomped ruthlessly by a mob of thugs, because of the leniency of the D.C. Superior Court."On April 3 of this year, Laurence Cotton-Powell was sentenced for a felony attempted robbery. My office asked for jail time. Judge [Carmen] McLean, a judge sitting in the criminal part in Superior Court with no criminal background, made a decision to give Cotton-Powell probation in spite of his conviction on a felony attempted robbery," said Pirro. "Within 31 days, by May 4, Powell reoffends. He's re-arrested while he's on probation from the felony, and he's charged with simple assault and possession of a prohibited weapon B."Pirro indicated that the court subsequently refused her office's request to revoke the thug's bail and released Cotton-Powell. Although Cotton-Powell was later sentenced, "on July 25, another judge suspends his sentence and decides that he should be on probation," said the attorney."So after a felony of attempted robbery conviction, after a violation of probation, after a second crime, after a second conviction, after no compliance with [the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency], the judges say, 'Do better,' and they let him go," said Pirro. "And guess what? Within 10 days, he's at it again with Ethan Levine and Edward Coristine."Pirro credited the Metropolitan Police Department with going above and and beyond to track down suspects Taylor and Cotton-Powell.MPD Chief Pamela Smith said, "These arrests send a very strong message to our community: If you commit violent acts in our community, you will be found, you will be held accountable, and you will face justice.""We're not going to be happy until we get every person who was involved in the assault on these two individuals," said Pirro.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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