With the mystery of ‘Jeff Gannon’ deepening, Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., renewed her call for the White House to explain its relationship with a conservative ex-reporter linked to an online gay escort service, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported.
Slaughter said the relationship between the White House press office and ‘Gannon,’ whose real name is James Dale Guckert, was atypical. Slaughter’s comments came in response to evidence that the White House allowed Gannon into presidential news briefings weeks before his Internet-based news organization was registered and online.
Investigations by Gannon’s critics cast doubts about his journalistic credentials and linked him to Internet sites that featured nude photos of him and advertised male escort services for $200 an hour.