Newsweek Mum on Status of Writer Who Sent Racist Messages

Newsweek is refusing to say whether it plans to keep publishing columns from a conservative influencer who admits he made racist and antisemitic comments in group chat messages with Trump supporters.

A spokesperson for the magazine told The Daily Beast on Thursday that Pedro L. Gonzalez—who has written 19 columns, most recently this month—was a freelancer, not an employee. The spokesperson could not say whether he was paid for his work and declined to comment on whether Newsweek would continue to accept pitches from him.

Gonzalez did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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