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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 3, 2017
WTVF NewsChannel 5 reporter Phil Williams is appealing a ruling from last month ordering him to turn over investigative documents related to Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk, who has a libel case pending against the reporter, according to the Tennessean. Williams reported about Funk’s dealings with prominent developer David Chase, and included documents in which Chase said he felt blackmailed, prompting Funk to sue. Senior Judge William Acree previously found that journalistic privilege did not apply in the case, and ordered Williams to turn over his work.