Recently declassified FBI documents have exposed a troubling revelation about one of the Washington Post’s Pulitzer Prize-winning stories on Russian collusion. The documents show that FBI officials were aware the story contained false information, yet the newspaper was still awarded journalism’s highest honor.
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According to newly released records, in June 2017, former NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers told FBI agents and a member of Mueller’s team that a Washington Post story from May 2017—claiming Trump asked intelligence officials to push back on the FBI’s Russia probe—was inaccurate. It’s unclear whether the Post knew Rogers disputed their report before publishing it, but Rogers made it clear to investigators shortly afterward that the story was false.
The Post story — now
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