The former chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, John Podesta, has joined The Washington Post as a contributing columnist, the paper announced on Thursday.
Podesta, who also served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and a counselor to President Barack Obama, has recently written two op-eds for the Post.
The first, published in December, was about the the FBI's investigation into Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee. The second, published last week, was about President Donald Trump's penchant for dismissing all criticism of himself as "fake news."
The Post says Podesta's columns "will provide commentary and analysis on the intersection of politics and policy, the Trump administration and the future of the Democratic Party."
“No one knows more about how Washington works, how the White House operates, and how policy ideas are translated into reality than John Podesta,” said Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt in a statement. “His long experience in Congress, inside two Democratic White Houses and on the front lines of numerous presidential campaigns, will offer readers vital insight into Washington and politics at the start of a new era.”
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remedy4reality ago
Washinton Post Motto >> DEMOCRACY DIES IN DARKNESS
Is that right, Jeff Bezos ??? Well, you just assured the death of this once great paper which has completed it's decent into DARKNESS by this recent move.
WHAT ARE YOU HIDING MR. BEZOS ????
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ARRESTPODESTA
bopper ago
I don't even believe they reported Watergate correctly even back then.
remedy4reality ago
you are 100% correct, bopper.
Watergate was all about tricking Nixon into implicating himself and resigning, because he was snooping around the Bay of Pigs and the JFK assassination, and asking for intel from the CIA and FBI. It was HW Bush that Nixon trusted most ( totally left out of history ) and it was his advice to Nixon that led to his downfall. Russ Baker covers it ostensibly in his book 'Family of Secrets'.
Jem777 ago
HW Bush sold him out. Where was H.W. when JFK was assasinated. Oh that is right there are pictures and release classified doc. that say a CIA agent named George working that day.
JFK jr. stated he would work to tell the story. Let's see he started a random magazine and named it "GEORGE"
Sad his plane crashed suddenly with his wife and trusted confidant inside. He was a great pilot. Weird how the crash happened? Wonder if anyone knows why he called his magazine "GEORGE"