He and his wife, Ashley Morrison, a CBS MoneyWatch reporter, issued a statement through their lawyer calling the charges "greatly exaggerated".
He told The Hollywood Reporter: "Issues in my personal life – including the extortion that went on for more than a year – absolutely had an impact.
Having attained prominence over the course of the 1950s as a novelist, with "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and "Giovanni's Room," and as a reporter issuing passionately perceptive dispatches from Paris, Harlem and the disintegrating South, Baldwin found himself increasingly in demand as a speaker on behalf of the civil rights movement.
Deukmejian, only minutes after the commission's report was distributed to reporters, issued a public statement disavowing various elements, including the proposal to expand application of the sales tax.
The State Department had warned Yemen against deporting reporters, issuing a statement expressing concern about "infringements of press freedom in Yemen" and citing "threats of deporting correspondents, and mistreatment of journalists covering protests".
Bob, under pressure from the reporters, issued a statement: As part of my cover story, so as to gain the necessary credibility to become involved in serious crime, I first built a reputation as a committed member of London Greenpeace, a peaceful campaigning group.
Sermanni, 59, was reportedly surprised by the news and did not speak to reporters, issuing a statement through U.S. Soccer.
Sometimes Chinese Embassies noticed a critical piece and pushed it back to the Foreign Ministry, which would summon a reporter and issue a warning against further "misunderstandings".
Mr. Ryan declined to speak with a reporter but issued a statement through his office that called the panel's report "thoughtful and deliberative".
Incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y). told reporters the issue could unite Democrats and Trump.
