Episode 1220 • • 2:26 - 8:38
1220: Sloganeer
Russian Election Interference Claims and Shelby Pearson Intelligence Briefing
The hosts revisit reports from The New York Times regarding alleged Russian interference to aid Donald Trump's 2020 re-election. They contrast breathless reporting from Maggie Haberman and Adam Goldman with a later CNN report suggesting intelligence officials may have overstated the evidence. An NPR interview with Shelby Pearson, the intelligence community's election threats executive, is analyzed to suggest that Representative Adam Schiff may have leaked a creative interpretation of the briefing to the press.