Overview
- The Atlantic published audio and an unedited transcript from a Lubbock event capturing a staffer describing “Elaine from Atlantic… a top‑notch hater” and instructing that she leave.
- Reporter Elaine Godfrey says armed guards escorted her off the property and directed her to wait by a county road after she was turned away from a press scrum.
- Crockett told CBS News there was “no evidence” any reporter was removed and suggested a specific journalist is “less than truthful,” citing a supposed defamation case.
- Godfrey countered that she has the recording and witnesses, denied ever being sued for defamation, and said Crockett hung up when reached directly.
- Semafor previously reported the campaign contacted Capitol Police about a CNN reporter visiting a campaign office, a detail other outlets cite in assessing the pattern of press conflicts.