Woodward Says 'Key' Trump Official Told Him Book Is '1000- Percent Correct' [View all]
Source: The Hill
By Morgan Gstalter, 1 hr. ago.
Veteran journalist Bob Woodward said a "key" official in the Trump administration privately told him that the details in his books are "1000 percent true," but later publicly defamed him.
Woodward was interviewed on The New York Time's podcast, "The Daily," on Tuesday - the day his book "Fear: Trump in the White House" was officially released. Woodward told reporter Michael Schmidt that after excerpts of his book began circulating last week, someone working for the administration called him to praise the accuracy of his book.
"After the information in 'Fear' started breaking last week, one key person who's in office called and said 'Everyone knows what you said here is true. It's 1,000-percent correct,'" Woodward said. "And then this person has said some public things that contradict that."
Woodward declined to name the official and said he wasn't pleased with the official's public statement. "And I'm not happy but I have a smile on face because the truth in all of this is going to emerge," Woodward said. "There's too much evidence, too many witnesses."...More...
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President Trump and White House aides have rushed to condemn the book & undercut Woodward's credibility. But Woodward has stood by his reporting despite WH response, saying on Sunday that Kelly & Mattis are "not telling the truth" in their denials.
Woodward & reporter Carl Bernstein broke news of the Nixon-era Watergate scandal. He said the use of anonymous sources is necessary when covering presidential administrations and that the duo started using unnamed sources "because you can't get the truth, you won't get the straight story from someone if you do it on the record."
Woodward also said he didn't agree with the phrase "anonymous sources." "Sources are not anonymous to me, I know exactly who they are," he said.
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