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Prosecutor: No time for evidence against arrested reporter

| July 16, 2020 7:03 PM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor who is pursuing charges against an Iowa newspaper reporter who was arrested while covering a protest in May told a judge Thursday that his office shouldn't have to give body-camera footage and other evidence to the journalist's lawyer because his office was too busy.

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