Whoa.

Olivier Darcy of Business Insider is reporting that Benny Johnson, Chief Content Officer at Independent Journal Review, has been suspended pending an investigation over an article published (and later retracted) last week accusing former President Obama of colluding with a judge in Hawaii over President Trump’s latests immigration executive order.

Darcy went on to report on other issues with Johnson at the website:

According to Darcy’s reporting, Johnson was warned about the story before publication but went ahead with it anyway:

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Darcy’s piece includes new allegations of plagiarism against Johnson:

As well as a warning to the former BuzzFeed writer on his attendance:

Darcy went on to report on tension between the creative side of IJR’s business and their reporting team:

You can read the entire report here.

So far, there’s been no response from Johnson and his last tweet was from Tuesday on FBI Director James Comey’s testimony in front of Congress:

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