Carr’s Drive-Thru Dinner
When throngs of journalists and politicos descend on the Washington Hilton’s 30,000-square-foot ballroom this Saturday to celebrate the First Amendment at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, they will be rubbing elbows with some of the very officials working to erode it. CBS News, for instance, has invited Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller as guests at the table, while the dinner itself is hosting Donald Trump as an “honoree.”
But there is one name that has, until now, flown under the radar. Status has learned that Trump’s lapdog Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, is also set to join the black tie gala.
In a text message to Status, Carr confirmed, “I am planning on attending.”
Carr, however, clarified that he is “not with CBS for it” as Hegseth and Miller are, instead attending as a guest of another organization. But Status has learned that an invitation has been extended from…
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