ABC's Brian Ross No Longer Covers Breaking News

ABC's Brian Ross is returning from his recent four-week suspension, but he'll no longer be reporting on President Trump.  As a matter of fact, Ross will no longer be covering breaking news.

Instead,  Ross will be assigned to Lincoln Square Productions, the production company that makes unscripted content for the Disney ABC Television Group/ABC News, and other broadcast, cable and digital outlets.

Ross will have the title of “chief investigative correspondent,” and he will work with ABC chief of investigative projects Rhonda Schwartz on “long-term projects” at the company, including unscripted programming and documentaries.

Ross was suspended in December after making a major error in a breaking news report about former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. He corrected his reporting more than seven hours later on "World News Tonight."

Ross and ABC were widely criticized for mishandling the story. About 24 hours later, ABC said Ross was being benched for four weeks without pay.

Some ABC staffers privately said the network should go further and fire him.

But Ross also had defenders in and around ABC. They said he made an honest mistake and should not be severely punished.