Conservative commentator Glenn Beck was ordered by a federal judge Tuesday to disclose at least two sources in connection to a defamation lawsuit against the media host originating from his reporting on the Boston Marathon bombings, according to Politico.

The lawsuit was filed in 2014 against Beck by Saudi Arabian student Abdulrahman Alharbi, who was injured in the bombings. Beck continued to link Alharbi to the attacks in his reports even after the student was publicly cleared by law enforcement, according to Politico.

U.S. District Court Judge Patti Saris ruled Beck must reveal the names of the Department of Homeland Security employees who allegedly gave the media host information supporting the claim that Alharbi was connected to the bombings.


According to Politico, Saris acknowledged that her ruling raised First Amendment concerns, but wrote that government documents she ordered produced did not support claims that Alharbi was the “money man” behind the bombings.

Read the full report at Politico.