Whatever happened to Politico reporter Ken Vogel after leaked emails revealed that he colluded with the Democratic National Committee on the framing and details of a story?

Vogel, Politico’s chief investigative reporter, faced backlash after WikiLeaks published over 19,000 emails from the DNC just prior to the party’s convention in late July. The leak revealed that Vogel had submitted an entire pre-publication copy of a story, titled “Clinton fundraising leaves little for state parties,” to the DNC for review. The story was later published on May 2.

“Checking the relevant passages for accuracy was responsible and consistent with our standards; sharing the full piece was a mistake and not consistent with our policies.”

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But it remains unclear whether Politico took any meaningful disciplinary action against Vogel.

“Politico’s policy is to not share editorial content pre-publication except as approved by editors. In this case the reporter was attempting to check some very technical language and figures involving the DNC’s joint fundraising agreement with the Clinton campaign,” Christyn Lansing, Politico’s communications director, told LifeZette in a statement. “Checking the relevant passages for accuracy was responsible and consistent with our standards; sharing the full piece was a mistake and not consistent with our policies. There were no substantive changes to the piece and in fact the final story was blasted out by both the Republican National Committee and the Sanders campaign, and actually prompted Politifact to revise its rating on the issue in question. There will be no further comment on our internal process regarding this matter.”

So if Vogel’s conduct did not comply with Politico’s standards of journalistic integrity, then what actions has the company taken to discipline its reporter and reinforce those standards?

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A quick glance at Vogel’s author page shows Politico published at least six stories from Vogel in the week following the DNC leak, meaning there could not have been any meaningful suspension for Vogel in the immediate aftermath.

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Unlike with top DNC officials, including former Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who were forced to fall on their swords and resign, it appears that Vogel likely experienced nothing in the way of meaningful disciplinary action. Yet why would anyone be surprised? Much of the mainstream media has engaged in outright slander and hyperbole against Donald Trump and in that context a little collusion with the Democrats wouldn’t be all that worthy of punishment.