The veteran reporter Carl Bernstein, who reported on the Watergate scandal with Bob Woodward, has said his former colleague’s revelations about President Donald Trump and COVID-19 are “graver than in Watergate.” Woodward recorded the president telling him in February that the novel coronavirus was “deadly” and then telling him in […]
Sources within the Trump administration said the president was “inordinately solicitous of Putin’s admiration and seemingly seeking his approval,” according to CNN’s Carl Bernstein. Two US officials said Trump had “naively elevated” Russia “to almost parity with the United States.” “He’s playing with something he doesn’t understand,” one official said, […]
Carl Bernstein, one of the investigative reporters who exposed the Watergate scandal, has accused Republican senators of a “cover-up, plain and simple,” in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Bernstein was referring specifically to the fading prospects that new witnesses would be called after Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander announced on Thursday […]
Journalist Bob Woodward recently spoke with Business Insider, discussing his new book, his advice for journalists, and his thoughts on anonymous sourcing. Woodward said journalists should rely even more on what is called “deep background” reporting. Woodward also shared the best advice he received after the Watergate scandal, of which […]
President Donald Trump attacked the legendary Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein on Wednesday evening over a story Bernstein coauthored for CNN last month about the infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting. The July 27 report cited unnamed sources as saying Trump’s former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen had asserted that Trump knew about […]
Investigative journalist Carl Bernstein rebuked President Donald Trump for his behaviour amid the ongoing Russia probe in which federal prosecutors are examining the Trump campaign’s ties to Russian operatives who meddled in the 2016 US election. Bernstein said in an interview this week, “the Trump presidency is worse than Watergate,” […]
The prominent investigative journalist Carl Bernstein sounded an ominous warning about the Trump administration’s moves to undermine the US Justice Department and the FBI amid the Russia investigation. Bernstein said the US had reached “a turning point” after a day that saw the resignation of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, […]
