Lanny Davis Claims White House Threatened Him, Too (AUDIO)

** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, FEB. 14-14 AND THEREAFTER ** Attorney Lanny Davis, a former White House special counsel, poses next to pictures of him with President Bush and former President Clinton in his Washingt... ** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, FEB. 14-14 AND THEREAFTER ** Attorney Lanny Davis, a former White House special counsel, poses next to pictures of him with President Bush and former President Clinton in his Washington office, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004. Condemned murderer Kevin Cooper would almost certainly be dead today if it weren't for an unorthodox dream team of lawyers, a commercial litigator, a corporate trial lawyer, and Davis, who stepped in just weeks before his scheduled execution and won him a rare stay. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) MORE LESS
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First Bob Woodward, now Lanny Davis. The former special counsel to President Clinton came forward Thursday with a claim that he, too, received a threatening message from the Obama administration.

“That exact thing happened to me,” Davis told WMAL in Washington. “And I haven’t spoken of this before.”

Davis said his editor at the paper, John Solomon, received a call from a White House official who threatened to revoke the paper’s White House credentials if he continued to publish Davis’ columns. 

“Now that is unfortunate,” Davis said. “It is an intemperate person. I think it’s the same person — I’m not gonna mention names — who must have called Woodward, because it sounded like the same language.”

Politico revealed Thursday that White House economic adviser Gene Sperling sent Woodward the message that he would regret his reporting. It turned out Sperling’s message was not very threatening. He said, “I know you may not believe this, but as a friend, I think you will regret staking out that claim.” 

Davis said Solomon didn’t take the White House’s claim seriously. “He thought it was bluster,” Davis said. Davis called sources at the White House. One source told Davis it wouldn’t happen again, he said. 

Listen to the interview:

h/t The Daily Caller.

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