Newsmax Distances Itself From Columnist, Says We Believe In Constitutional Gov’t

In a statement sent to TPM, Newsmax spokeswoman Paula Pradines said that John L. Perry — the columnist who claimed a military coup to “resolve the Obama problem” was increasingly possible — is just an “unpaid blogger” for the magazine.

“He has no official relationship with Newsmax other than as an unpaid blogger,” she said.

On his Newsmax bio page, Perry is described as someone who “contributes a regular column to newsmax.com.” On the site’s “Blogs” page, he’s listed alongside other contributors including Ben Stein, Grover Norquist and Christopher Ruddy, the owner and editor-in-chief on Newsmax.

He has also written a column nearly every week since late 1999.