Catherine Herridge, a former CBS News investigative journalist, has accused the network of resisting orders from top executives, including CBS CEO George Cheeks and media heiress Shari Redstone, to prioritize investigating Hunter Biden’s laptop scandal, raising questions about editorial independence, the New York Post reported.

Herridge has leveled serious allegations against her previous employer, claiming that network executives resisted directives from top leadership to investigate the Hunter Biden laptop scandal thoroughly.

In a video posted Tuesday on X, Herridge stated that Cheeks repeatedly emphasized that the investigation was a “high priority,” an order that reportedly came directly from Redstone, the controlling shareholder of CBS parent company Paramount Global.

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