Anybody in the national press. Ive been teased for it. Criticized for it. I know the intensity of our coverage, of what we now know of, the russia scandal, our dedication to the story, by necessity has squeezed out time that we may have devoted to other stories. I know that. Im totally cognizant of that. On this of all days, heres why we have covered it so intensely. Since it first became clear that there was something wrong and illicit and unexplained about the relationship between this particular foreign adversary and the unlikely rise of this unlikely politician who shocked everyone by winning the last u. S. President ial election, there was no reason as a president ial candidate he would stick with some care to say anything remotely critical about russia and its president. There was no reason why he would dig out of the vault a Campaign Chairman who had not worked in american politics for more than a generation but he had spent more than a decade doing Vladimir Putins work in the s
Things are going fast now. This is a time when Everybody Needs to pay attention. Here on this show, really since the summer of 2016, we have covered the russia angle on the candidacy and the administration of the current president more than anybody else in the National Press and i will admit that. I have been teased for that and criticized for it. I know that the intensity of our coverage of what we now know as the russia scandal. The intensity and dedication to the story by necessity squeezed out the time we might have devoted to other worthy stories. Im cognizant of that. On this of all days, heres why we have covered the story so intensely. Since it first became clear that there was something wrong and l elic elicit. Between the adversary and the unlikely rise of this politician that shocked everyone by winning the last election. There was no explicable reason why as a president ial candidate he would step with such care to avoid ever saying anything remotely negative or critical ab
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