Hundreds of emails and text messages made public through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show a troubling relationship between Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s team and the mainstream media.
Per The Daily Caller:
The documents, released in September, span months of communication and include messages from reporters ranging from a variety of outlets, including TheDCNF, The Washington Post and BuzzFeed.
While the vast majority of correspondences between Mueller’s spokesman Peter Carr and a variety of journalists ends with a “no comment,” the messages expose Mueller’s team was willing to meet with a number of reporters in private meetings and over the phone.
Coordinating such meetings cuts against the narrative that the special counsel has been hesitant to give information to the press, instead opting to give information only through public announcements and statements.
The New York Times ran a story in August poking fun at the secrecy of the special counsel, with one reporter writing that Carr’s “‘no comment’ replies have become a running dark joke among the Washington press corps.”
The messages cover hours of conversations and meetings between Mueller’s Team, involved in a heavily-politicized investigation, and biased reporters eager for a scoop.
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