EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Maryland Republican Rep. Andy Harris threatened a credentialed journalist with prosecution for recording a post-debate media gaggle.
The congressman singled out one reporter although others were recording.
Maryland Republican Rep. Andy Harris on Tuesday appeared to lose his cool during a gaggle with reporters, singling out a journalist and threatening her with legal consequences if she recorded him on video.
"You do not have my permission to record. If you record, we will refer you to prosecutors," Harris told the reporter in a video captured by a Baltimore Banner photojournalistfollowing his debate against Democratic opponent Dan Schwartz in Cambridge, Maryland.